Two new projects will be launched in the field of higher and vocational education with the World Bank

The meeting was attended by the head of the World Bank representative office in Uzbekistan Marco Mantovanelli, First Deputy Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation K. Karimov and Deputy Minister Sh. Turdikulova, as well as other officials.

The parties discussed the issue of attracting foreign investment to increase the efficiency of reforms in the system of higher and vocational education and further improve the quality of education in educational institutions. Two new projects developed by the World Bank were discussed - “Transforming Higher Education: Ensuring Effective Governance and Quality of Education” for 2025-2029 and “Vocational Education for Economic Change” for 2025-2029.

It should be noted that with the cooperation of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the World Bank, complex projects are being implemented in various fields. In particular, in 2017-2022, with the participation of the International Development Association of the World Bank, the project “Strengthening the material and technical base of higher educational institutions” was successfully implemented.

As part of this project, 40 universities were equipped with 112 educational laboratory kits worth US$17.6 million and 86 universities were equipped with information and communication equipment worth US$2.3 million. Moreover, as part of the project in 2019-2021, teachers, students and university researchers have access to 9.08 thousand online books and 704.3 thousand online journals in the Elsevier electronic database. A Higher Education Management Information System (“HEMIS”) has been created, which is now introduced into the educational process of all state universities.

The project “Modernization of the national innovation system of Uzbekistan” worth 50.0 million US dollars for 2021-2026 is also being successfully implemented.