General secondary education
General secondary education refers to the education sector of the country where access
problems are less frequently observed (enrolment is 98.1%), since it is compulsory and
guaranteed by the state.
According to official data, 5.2 million of children attended 9.628 general schools in the
2017/2018 academic year. Despite a fairly large number of general education schools, this
high enrolment is achieved through the organization of educational process in 67.2% of
schools in double shifts, and in 0.1% of schools - in triple shifts.
Currently, the system of general secondary education is also in the process of fundamental
reform. This is primarily due to the fact that in 2017 after extensive interviewing of ninth-grade
leavers’ parents and with their support, the government decided to shift to a system of 11-year
compulsory general secondary education starting from the 2017/2018 school year. Starting
with the 2018/2019 school year, compulsory general secondary and secondary specialized
education in Uzbekistan is carried out in general education schools, including specialized
schools and residential schools of arts and culture, specialized residential schools of Olympic
reserve, and academic lyceums on the basis of continuous and 11-year cycle
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This decision has set out for politicians and education personnel a range of tasks that require
urgent action. Among these tasks, there is the opening and equipping of new classrooms for
the 10th and 11th grades and the development of appropriate textbooks, selection and training
of the teaching staff, search for new buildings to open schools and much more.
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Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan "On measures to radically improve the system of general secondary,
secondary specialized and vocational education" of 25.01.2018.
The global processes and challenges of our time raise the need to define new tasks for general
secondary education (in some countries such tasks are reflected in a document entitled the
"National Curriculum"). This implies that school leavers should have not only the knowledge
and skills needed in the modern world, but also competences that are more known in the
academic world as key competencies necessary for life, work (regardless of profession) and
study. For example, in the European Union, the following eight competencies are understood
as "key" ones: communication in native language; communication in foreign languages;
mathematical competences and basic knowledge in the field of science and technology;
competence in the field of information and digital technologies; ability to learn independently;
social and civic competences; spirit of initiative and enterprise; cultural awareness and self-
expression
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At the same time, particular attention in the context of LLL should be paid to the development
of the ability to learn independently and ICT competences so that students are able to
determine their needs for knowledge and information, and then to find, assess and use them
effectively.
It is also important to create and develop additional opportunities in the country for non-formal
and informal education of schoolchildren. Although there are 211 “Barkamol Avlod” children's
centres for non-formal education, 304 children's schools of music and art and 227 children and
youth sports schools, they are far from sufficient to develop non-formal and informal education
for schoolchildren in a country with 32 million citizens.
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