Basic Education Project. Ministry of Public Education , Узбекистан.
Program objectives. The program will support Uzbekistan’s efforts to improve effectiveness of teaching in general secondary education and pre-schools in order to provide students with the new knowledge and skills required in the contemporary global economy.
Project development objectives. During phase one, the project development objective is to improve learning conditions in pre-school and the first four grades of general secondary education. This will be achieved by increasing the availability of teaching and learning materials in schools located in rural poor
areas, enhancing the capacity of teacher training institutions to introduce school based teacher training strategies, increasing community involvement in school decision making, creating the conditions for a
successful introduction of school per-capita funding, and building project implementation, managerial and monitoring and evaluation capacity in the MPE.
The proposed APL consists of five closely inter-related components grouped in two main areas. The first area consist of component one, two and three which are all oriented toward the improvement of learning
and teaching conditions in general secondary schools located in poor areas. Component one focuses on improving students learning conditions in pre-school and general secondary schools through the provision
of learning materials and equipment. The second component aims at improving the quality of teaching in those schools by upgrading teaching skills and competencies of teachers and by promoting cooperationbased
methods in schools. The third component seeks improve learning conditions by stimulating and strengthening community participation in school decision making.
The second area consist of component four and five. These components are oriented towards improving the management and monitoring capacity of the sector. Component four intends to improve efficiency in
allocation and utilization of public financial resources in education by strengthening the capacity of the sector on budget planning and execution. The last component will strengthen both the capacity of the Ministry of Public Education to effectively manage and coordinate the implementation of the project and to monitor its progress and impact.
The implementation of the APL will be done in two phases with an overall duration of four years. The first phase will last one year and a half, and will concentrate on setting up conditions for stimulating community involvement in school decision making processes through the activation of school boards; on strengthening the capacity of teacher training institutions to provide training to an increased number of teachers during a given academic year.
