Lessons 10 · 1 lessons · N. Jo‘rayev, A. Zamonov. History of Uzbekistan (the period of independence): textbook for Grade 11 pupils of secondary schools and for secondary specialised and vocational institutions. 1st edition. G‘afur G‘ulom Publishing and Printing Creative House, Tashkent, 2018
10
The general and secondary specialised education system
Textbook: pp. 71–74
GoalDescribe chronologically the laws on education, the National Programme for Personnel Training and the changes in the structure of school education in 1992–2017.
New words
National Programme for Personnel Training adopted in 1997 · Kadrlar tayyorlash milliy dasturicontinuous education: linked stages from preschool to postgraduate study · uzluksiz ta’limacademic lyceum: a secondary specialised school preparing for university · akademik litseyvocational college: a school giving a secondary education plus a trade · kasb-hunar kolleji
Explanation
On 2 July 1992 the first law “On Education” was adopted, setting the principles of state policy and the stages of education. In 1993 a law introduced the Uzbek alphabet based on the Latin script, and from the 1996/1997 school year first-graders learned to read in the Latin alphabet. On 29 August 1997 a new edition of the law and the National Programme for Personnel Training were adopted; the programme was carried out in three stages (1997–2001, 2001–2005 and from 2005) and introduced 9-year general secondary education followed by a 3-year academic lyceum or vocational college. From 2009 a 12-year compulsory education system worked, and a decision in 2017 returned general secondary education to 11 years (grades 1–11) and reorganised admission to lyceums and colleges. A decree of 30 September 2017 created the Ministry of Preschool Education; 1 October, Teachers and Coaches Day, has been marked since 1997. In 2020 a new edition of the law “On Education” was adopted, and at the end of 2022 preschool and school education were brought under one ministry, the Ministry of Preschool and School Education.
Worked examples
Example: the 1997–2009 model was a 9-year school plus a 3-year lyceum/college; from 2017 the model is an 11-year school.
Example: a chronology of education laws — 1992 (first law), 1997 (new edition and national programme), 2020 (new edition).
Class activity
Timeline: the class writes eight changes in the education system from 1992 to 2020 on a paper strip and hangs it on the wall; under each change a personal school experience is added.
Practice
1
When was the first law “On Education” adopted?
On 2 July 1992.
2
State the three stages of the National Programme for Personnel Training with their years.
Stage I — 1997–2001, stage II — 2001–2005, stage III — from 2005.
3
How were parents’ views taken into account in the 2017 return to an 11-year school?
A survey was held among graduates’ parents and most of them supported the 11-year school; proposals sent to the people’s reception offices were also studied, and pupils could choose between grade 10 and a lyceum or college.
4
When was the Ministry of Preschool Education created?