Uzbekistan : Modernizing Tertiary Education

Uzbekistan is a lower middle-income country located in Central Asia with a population of 30 million people and an economy that has been growing by over 8 percent per annum since the mid-2000s. The composition of the workforce has also changed dramatically in recent years. The higher education system is characterized by low access and concerns about the quality and relevance of the skills of its graduates. A recent regional skills study concluded that Uzbekistan is experiencing a substantial shortage of university graduates. The internal management of the higher education system is fragmented, with different actors having overlapping responsibilities, thereby making it difficult to ensure system-wide accountability. In order to enable the Uzbek higher education system to serve the economy and student population well, the quality assurance system should be compliant with global best practices while remaining locally relevant. While reported overall state budget spending on education, at around 8 percent of GDP, is one of the highest in the world, the share of this spending on tertiary education, at around 0.4 percent of GDP, is one the lowest. In summary, Uzbekistan’s higher education system needs to modernize to better adapt to needs of the country’s economy. The report, having analyzed the sector in detail, proposes measures to modernize the higher education sector in Uzbekistan.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Report biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014-06
Subjects:	ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS, ACADEMIC YEAR, ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION, ACCESS TO LEARNING, ACCESS TO TERTIARY EDUCATION, ACCREDITATION, ADVANCED SKILLS, ADVANCED TRAINING, BASIC EDUCATION, BASIC EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT, BASIC SKILLS, BRAIN DRAIN, BUSINESS SCHOOL, CAPITAL EXPENDITURES, COGNITIVE SKILLS, COLLEGE GRADUATES, COMMUNITY COLLEGES, COMPETITION FOR UNIVERSITY PLACES, COMPUTER SKILLS, CREDIT TRANSFER, DEGREES, DISCIPLINES, DOCTORAL DEGREES, EDUCATED WORKFORCE, EDUCATION BUDGET, EDUCATION DEGREES, EDUCATION FOR ALL, EDUCATION LEVEL, EDUCATION POLICY, EDUCATION PROVIDERS, EDUCATION STANDARDS, EDUCATION STRATEGY, EDUCATION STUDENTS, EFFECTIVE EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, ENROLMENT LEVELS, ENROLMENT RATES, ENROLMENT TRENDS, ENROLMENTS, EQUITABLE ACCESS, EXAM, EXPENDITURES, FACULTIES, FEMALE ENROLMENT, FEMALE STUDENTS, FOREIGN UNIVERSITIES, FORMAL TRAINING, FREE SECONDARY EDUCATION, GENDER DISPARITIES, GENERAL SECONDARY EDUCATION, GRADUATE LEVEL, GROSS ENROLLMENT, GROSS ENROLLMENT RATE, GROSS ENROLMENT, GROSS ENROLMENT RATE, GROSS ENROLMENT RATES, HEALTH EDUCATION, HIGHER EDUCATION, HIGHER EDUCATION AUTHORITIES, HIGHER EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT, HIGHER EDUCATION FINANCING, HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION, HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS, HIGHER EDUCATION MANAGEMENT, HIGHER EDUCATION SECTOR, HIGHER EDUCATION STUDENTS, HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM, HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEMS, HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, HIGHER ENROLMENT, HIGHER LEARNING, HIGHER LEVELS OF EDUCATION, HUMAN CAPITAL, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, INDEXES, INSTRUCTIONAL METHODS, INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF, INTAKE RATE, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, JOB OPPORTUNITIES, JOB SECURITY, JOB TRAINING, KNOWLEDGE CREATION, KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY, LABOR FORCE, LABOR MARKET DEMAND, LABOR MARKET NEEDS, LEADERSHIP, LEARNING, LEVEL OF EDUCATION, LEVELS OF EDUCATION, LITERACY, LOW ENROLMENT, MANUALS, MATHEMATICS, NUMBER OF STUDENTS, NUMERACY, ONLINE COURSES, OPEN ACCESS, ORAL COMMUNICATION, PARITY, PARTICIPATION RATES, POST-SECONDARY INSTITUTIONS, PRIMARY DATA, PRIVATE EDUCATION, PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, PROBLEM SOLVING, PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS, PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION, PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, QUALITY ASSESSMENT, QUALITY ASSURANCE, QUALITY ASSURANCE SYSTEMS, READING, RESEARCHERS, RIGHT TO EDUCATION, RIGHTS TO EDUCATION, SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE, SCHOOLING, SCHOOLS, SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, SECONDARY EDUCATION, SECONDARY SCHOOL, SECONDARY SCHOOL GRADUATES, SECONDARY VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, SKILLED LABOR, SKILLED PROFESSIONALS, SKILLED WORKERS, SKILLED WORKFORCE, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL SCIENCES, SOCIAL WELFARE, STATE EDUCATION, STATE EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS, STUDENT ADMISSIONS, STUDENT ASSESSMENT, STUDENT DEMAND, STUDENT PLACES, STUDENT POPULATION, STUDENT STIPENDS, STUDENT-TEACHER RATIOS, SUBJECT AREAS, TEACHER, TEACHER RATIOS, TEACHER SALARIES, TEACHERS, TEACHING, TEACHING QUALITY, TEACHING STAFF, TECHNICAL FIELDS, TECHNICAL SKILLS, TECHNICAL SPECIALISTS, TERTIARY EDUCATION, TERTIARY EDUCATION SECTOR, TERTIARY EDUCATION SYSTEM, TERTIARY EDUCATION SYSTEMS, TERTIARY GRADUATES, TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS, TERTIARY LEVEL, TERTIARY SECTOR, TERTIARY STUDENTS, TRAINING INSTITUTIONS, TUITION, TUITION FEE, TUITION FEES, UNIVERSAL ENROLMENT, UNIVERSITIES, UNIVERSITY COURSES, UNIVERSITY DEGREES, UNIVERSITY GRADUATES, UNIVERSITY LEADERS, VOCATIONAL COLLEGES, VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS, VOCATIONAL TRAINING, YOUTH,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/963621501476859454/Uzbekistan-Modernizing-tertiary-education http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27992
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