Reforming the Education system

• Key documents on education reform in Uzbekistan

  • Constitution (December 8, 1992)
  • Law "On Education" (1997)
  • National Training Program (1997)
• Purpose of the Law "On Education" (1997)


  Development of the intellectual and scientific potential of the republic, the formation of a fully developed free personality, aware of the responsibility to society, family, and the state
• Purpose of the National Training Program

  Radical reform of the education sector, and the creation of a National system for training highly qualified personnel
• Implementation of the National Training Program goals

  1. Reforming the education system

  2. Formation of a competitive environment in the field of education and training

  3. Linking the education and training system with the ongoing transformations in society

  4. Development and implementation of effective forms and methods of spiritual and moral education
• About 9500 schools have been built, thoroughly reconstructed, and equipped with modern educational and laboratory equipment
• Total 2.8 trillion sums have been allocated for the construction, improvement of the material and technical base, and equipping of secondary schools since 2004, and over 488 billion sums have been allocated for children's music and art schools since 2009
• Currently, there are 9779 schools operating in the republic, which cover a contingent of more than 4.5 million students with 100 percent coverage of primary and secondary education in 7 languages
• The President of the Republic of Uzbekistan signed a decree "On the further development of computerization and the introduction of information and communication technologies"


  May, 2002
• In 2020, a new Law "On Education" was adopted on September 23
• New areas introduced in the 2020 Law "On Education"


  • Adult education and training
  • Inclusive education for children with physical, mental, sensory, or mental training
  • External studies-independent development of educational institutions
  • Training of personnel in the field of defense, security and law enforcement
• Currently, there are 4893 state and 144 non-state preschool educational institutions operating in the republic
• 1.6 trillion sums were allocated from the State Budget in 2016 alone for preschool educational institutions
• Over past 20 years, the number of preschool state educational institutions has decreased by more than 45 percent, and the coverage of children by preschool institutions is currently about 27 percent
• In 2018, the coverage of children by preschool institutions was brought to 34%, in 2019 it is planned to increase to 44%
• Over the past few years, the number of kindergartens has grown from 5.2 to 18.3 thousand, preschool education has doubled and reached 60%
• On May 2021, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev set to providing family kindergartens with teaching aids and methodological materials free of charge
• 340 vocational schools, 147 colleges, and 143 technical schools, training of personnel which should be carried out on the basis of educational programs corresponding to the 3rd, 4th, and 5th levels of the International Standard Classification of Education 2011
• In 2005, Uzbekistan decided to introduce 12-year compulsory secondary education instead of 11 year. 9 years in school, 3 years of a college or lyceum
• Issues with the 12-year education system

  • The quality of education in many colleges, especially in rural areas was so low
  • In rural areas and in remote areas, the number of colleges was limited
  • About a million people graduated from lyceums and colleges every year. But only 10% got into universities
  • There were psychological difficulties. In the most difficult adolescence, children were subjected to stress due to the change of the team
• Since 2017, Uzbekistan has begun to actively expand the practice of applying the Double Degree programs
• Every year, 1,8 trillion sums are allocated from the budget to banks to provide interest-free loans for a period of 7 years to pay for the contracts of women studying at universities
• Universities of Uzbekistan take an active part in educational and scientific and technical projects of the European Union Tempus and Erasmus Mundus, British Council, the German Academic Exchange Service, the Goethe Institute, the Malaysian and Indian Technical Cooperation programs, the UN Development Program. UNESCO, ETF, ADB and others
• The gradual transfer of educational process to a credit-modular system, which should be implemented in 16% of higher educational institutions in 2023, in 57% in 2025, and 85% in 2030
• The President of the Republic of Uzbekistan signed a decree "On the further development of computerization and the introduction of information and communication technologies"


  May 2002