AME EDUCATION SECTOR PROFILE Uzbekistan

Source: UNESCO Institute for Staistics

Uzbekistan

Education Structure Education System Structure and Enrollments 2006

Uzbekistan

Education Structure

• Compulsory education in Uzbekistan is grades 1-11.

Education Configuration and Enrollment Percentages % Net Enrollments % Gross Enrollments Classification Level/Grade Ages 2006 2006 Pre-primary Pre-school Primary, grades 1-4 Lower Secondary, grades Pre-university 5-9 Upper secondary, grades 10-11 TVET Secondary Tertiary Undergraduate Study Post-graduate Study 3-6 7-10 11-15 16-17 16-17 17-19 20+ N/A 91% 91.7% N/A 26.5% 95.5% 97.2% 115.4% 23.4% 9.8%

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics

Uzbekistan

Education Access: Pre-university

• While secondary education has shown strong growth since 1999 (16%), primary enrollment has declined by 3%.

Pre-university Gross Enrollments 140,0 120,0 100,0 80,0 60,0 40,0 20,0 0,0 Pre-primary 1999 Primary 2007

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics

Lower Secondary Upper Secondary Total Secondary

Uzbekistan

Education Access: Tertiary

• After experiencing consistent growth from 1999 – 2003, enrollments dropped by nearly 100,000 students in 2005.

Tertiary Enrollments 400 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 1999 2001

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics

2003 2005 2007

Uzbekistan

Education Access: Gender 102,0 101,0 100,0 99,0 98,0 97,0 96,0 95,0 94,0 93,0 92,0

• Declines in primary enrollment appear to be experienced equally by both genders since 2005.

Primary Net Enrollments by Gender Female Male 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics

Uzbekistan

Education Access: Gender

• Gender parity is strongly represented in both lower and upper secondary enrollment levels.

Secondary Gross Enrollments by Gender 120,0 110,0 100,0 90,0 80,0 70,0 60,0 1999 2001 Lower secondary female Upper secondary female 2003

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics

2005 2007 Lower secondary male Upper secondary male

Uzbekistan

Education Quality: Completion

• Completion rates show a similar pattern as primary enrollment rates: a marked decline from 2005 on, experienced equally by both genders.

Primary Completion Rates by Gender 101 100 99 98 97 96 95 94 93 92 2000 2003 Male 2005 Female 2007

Source: World Bank EdStats

Uzbekistan

Education Quality: Testing

• Uzbekistan does not participate in international testing such as the TIMSS .

Source:

Uzbekistan

Education Equity: Academic Disparities

• The proportion of vocational students of total secondary enrollments has more than doubled since 1999.

Percentage Enrollments at Secondary Education 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 General Secondary Vocational Secondary Total Students

89.5% 10.5% 89.5% 10.5% 88.6% 11.4% 82.5% 17.4% 76.6% 23.3% 3,410,955 3,795,811 4,258,787 4,515,852 4,598,037 Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics

Uzbekistan

Education Efficiency: Expenditure

• Information on government expenditure on education is very limited. Available information is from 1991, making it difficult to assess its relevancy to the current situation in the country today.  Percentage of GDP: 9.4%  Percentage of total government spending: 17.8% Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics

Uzbekistan

Education Efficiency: Repetition

• Repetition in primary and secondary education is nonexistent in Uzbekistan. Source: