Minister of Public Education of the Republic of Uzbekistan Sh .Shermatov Report Press conference (Development Strategy Center)

Decrees, resolutions and other normative acts aimed at the development of the public education system and the responsibilities of employees in their implementation

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The topic of today's report is decrees, resolutions and other normative acts aimed at the development of the public education system, as well as the responsibilities of employees of the sphere for their implementation.

In the period from June to December 2018, under the leadership of the head of our state, two meetings were held on reforming public education and improving the quality of education in the country. During this period, a number of resolutions and decrees were adopted aimed at the development and improvement of the industry.

These documents determined the priority tasks of the Ministry of Public Education of the Republic of Uzbekistan aimed at the development of the sphere.

In particular, the Ministry of Public Education is tasked with such tasks as improving the quality of education, in particular the status of teachers, providing educational institutions with modern personnel, further strengthening the positions of the Ministry, improving conditions for employees, introducing ICT and international experience into the field, as well as developing public-private partnerships.

At the same time, the President defined the tasks of local authorities. In particular, they are entrusted with such tasks as construction, repair of public education institutions, preparation for the new academic year, the autumn-winter season, ensuring the safety of schools, attracting investment and sponsorship funds.

Separately, it should be noted that the main goal of the reforms that are planned to be implemented is to increase the status of the teaching profession in our society. Therefore, initially great importance was attached to the legal protection of teachers and the improvement of their working conditions.

First of all, the involvement of teachers in forced labor and forced subscription, as well as in various meetings, was stopped. The number of documents maintained by teachers has decreased from 7 to 3. At the same time, the number of inspections of schools has decreased by 26 times. (Self-sacrifice of public Education ( the State Prize was established.

In addition, teachers' salaries have increased from 40% to 72%, depending on the category. Salaries of psychologists increased by 103%, school principals and their deputies, the head of the information resource center and librarians-by 33%.

Preferential mortgage loans and consumer loans, including car loans, have been allocated for employees of the national economy. In addition, mechanisms are being developed for allocating credit funds to members of their families to carry out entrepreneurial activities.

As a result of the conditions created for teachers, 13 thousand male teachers returned to schools in 2018. Only in 2018, young specialists who graduated from more than 11.5 thousand higher educational institutions (more than 1900 in 2016, more than 9500 in 2017) were employed in schools. Since January 1, 2019, in connection with the full payment of benefits to teachers of retirement age, more than 7 thousand experienced teachers have returned to work in schools.

On the eve of October 1 - the Day of teachers and coaches among young people UReport.uz The results of the project survey showed that as a result of the reform, 71% of young people are ready to choose a teaching profession.

It is gratifying that today the development of the public education system is becoming a nationwide movement. The funds allocated to the sphere are increasing. In 2016, the state education system received 9 trillion rubles. soums, and in 2017-9.6 trillion. soums, and this year-12.1 trillion. the amount was allocated from the state budget. Next year, 17.1 trillion will be allocated from the state budget. it is planned to allocate funds in the amount of In recent years there has not been a rapid increase in allocations for the industry. It is noteworthy that 90% of these funds will be directed to the salaries of industry workers.

Also, support for the public education system is becoming a popular movement. During 2018, funds were also allocated from local budgets to improve the infrastructure of schools and improve their material and technical base. In particular, the chairman of the Jokargy Kenes of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, Musa Yeriyazov, was awarded the badge "sponsor of education" for allocating the largest amount of additional funds to finance schools from the local budget. The amount of funds allocated by other local authorities for public education has increased.

One of the important innovations in this area was the creation and operation of the control and legal service of the Minister of Public Education. In the field of public education, work was carried out in several areas aimed at protecting employees and preventing corruption. Public control has been strengthened in educational institutions, a virtual inspector "teacher's voice" has been launched. Supervisory boards were introduced. The head of the school was granted the right to financial incentives in the amount of 10% of the total amount of income at his own request. In particular, teachers' salaries have been increased. From now on, 99% of the funds received from the rental of real estate of educational institutions and received by extra-budgetary funds will be transferred to secondary schools. Since 2019, admission has been carried out online at 81 schools in Tashkent.

Another innovation in this area - a transparent system for collecting sponsorship funds for schools - was launched by the Mfond.

According to statistics, from 2016 to 2018, the number of schoolchildren amounted to 4.2 million.Denmark 5.8 million reached the person. In 2019, this figure is 6.2 mln.ga is expected to reach. At the same time, the capacity of schools is 4.8 million. it remains at the reader's level.

It should be noted that in 2016-2018 the number of non-state educational institutions increased almost 4 times and reached 84.

In order to further improve the conditions for the education of students in 2016-2018, 65 new schools were built and 15636 additional student places were created.

In addition, over the past 3 years in 1,691 educational institutions based on investment and government programs (Rim kishlok (Rim mahalla)) 1.5 trillion US dollars were realized.more than 10 million rubles were spent on new construction, capital and major repairs. In 2018, 24 schools were built and commissioned on the basis of these programs.

As a result of the increase in the number of students and the improvement of conditions, 43 school branches were transformed into secondary schools (in 2016 there were 1,138, in 2017 -1,348, in 2018 -1,299 branches).

In addition, in 2018, 1815 schools were repaired at the expense of the local budget, for which 189 billion rubles were allocated. the amount spent.

In order to ensure the openness and transparency of construction and repair works of educational institutions and the establishment of public control, an online monitoring system has been created on the Ministry's website (stat.uzedu.uz ) launched. As a result, the schools were put into operation more timely and efficiently than last year.

State educational standards and educational programs of general secondary education have been gradually introduced into practice since the 2017-2018 academic year. Including:

Stage 1: from the 2017-2018 academic year 1, 4, 6, 7, 10- in the classrooms;

Stage 2: from the 2018-2019 academic year 2, 3, 8, 9, 11- in the classrooms;

Stage 3: implemented in 5 classes from the 2019-2020 academic year.

Another important innovation is the assessment of students' knowledge based on international standards in 2021, that is, preparation for the transition to the PISA system.

In connection with the transition to an 11-year compulsory education system, having studied international experience, a new curriculum for grades 10-11 was developed in 2017, in which academic subjects were optimized from 23 to 12.

In 2017, 9.0 million textbooks were sold in 140 titles for grades 10. In 2018, 9.7 million textbooks were collected in 137 titles for grades 11.

Since the 2017-2018 academic year, he switched to an 11-year compulsory system of general secondary education. Currently, 736,185 students of grades 10-11 are enrolled in secondary schools.

Also, in connection with the transition to an 11-year compulsory education system, a new mechanism for vocational training of students has been introduced. In the 2018/2019 academic year, 737,642 students (including 1,457 students from non-governmental educational institutions) are studying 51 professions on the basis of vocational colleges of students in grades 10-11 in 1,748 educational and industrial complexes (including 1,457 students from non-governmental educational institutions) (in 2017-40 professions in 1,488 complexes for 279,124 students). Measures are being taken to expand educational and industrial complexes through new professions, such as an ICT programmer, computer designer, computer setup technician, which are expected to be in demand in the labor market and will be highly paid. In total, 10,833 teachers teach the secrets of the profession in the complexes. Of these, 8570 are teachers with higher education, 2263 are masters of industrial training with secondary special education.

The regulatory and legal framework for the organization of the educational process in educational and industrial complexes has been created. In particular, the qualification requirements for professions, criteria for evaluating students in educational and industrial complexes and the procedure for conducting final certification are defined. Curricula and programs have been developed and approved.

In 2018, 333 educational institutions were equipped with a set of 489 classes by profession. Starting in 2019, 635 schools will receive 2.1 billion US dollars for the creation and minimally equipped training and production complexes for existing professions. it provides for the supply of raw materials in the amount of.