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Uzbekistan (UZ)
Kokand is a city in Eastern Uzbekistan. Kokand is 228 km southeast of
Tashkent, 115 km west of Andijan, and 88 km west of Fergana. Kokand has
existed since at least the 10th century, under the name of Khavakend and was
frequently mentioned in traveler’s accounts of the caravan route between
India and China.
Kokand is at a crossroads on the old Silk Road caravan trails, the main
transportation junction in the Fergana Valley. Roads over the passes go East,
another leads Northwest over the mountains to Tashkent, and another West
through Khujand. Kokand has a population of about 500,000. It is nicknamed
“City of Winds”, or sometimes “Town of the Boar".
Kokand is also a center for the manufacture of fertilizers, chemicals,
machinery, and cotton and food products. Over the last two decades, new
districts and public buildings have been created in the city as well as many
houses, shops, cafes, restaurants and other private sector ventures. Kokand is
also an educational center with 1 institute, 14 colleges, 3 academic lyceums,
45 secondary schools, 5 musical schools, a theater, and 20 libraries. There are
7 historical and house museums located in Kokand.
Kokand State Pedagogical Institute
www.kspi.uz
Kokand State Pedagogical Institute was founded in 1932 and nowadays in
Fergana Valley it is a leading higher education institution specialized in
graduating teachers and educators for schools, academic lyceums and
professional colleges.
There are 17 Bachelor’s Degree and 8 Master’s Degree specializations in the
Institute. The number of faculties is 8:
The number
Bachelor’s Degree specializations – 17;
Master’s Degree specializations – 8;
Faculties – 6;
 Mathematics and physics
 Chemistry and biology
 Pedagogy
 Philology
 History
 Sports (Physical Training)
Number of Departments – 23;
Number of Students – 5510;
Number of teachers-501. (among them teachers’ with Doctor Degree-20,
teachers’ with Candidate of Science (Master’s Degree)-111.
Kokand State Pedagogical Institute, its teachers and students have
participated in the following international projects:

TEMPUS project UM_JEP-23155 “DESIRE - Development and
strengthening of International Relations” (2002)

CMC LTD ITEC project for teachersorganized by India (2004-2006)

MTCP project for students organized by Malaysia (2005)

JICE project for students and teachers of Japan
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Contacts of
responsible
person: name,
title (Mr, Mrs,
Dr, Prof),
position,
telephone, fax, emails
Project Title:
Type of the
project:
Joint Project (JP)
or Structural
Measure (SM)
Area of project:
Higher Education
and Society
(HES)
Subject
area/academic
discipline (see
Annex 6)
Relevance to
national or
regional priorities
Brief need
analysis
Mrs. Zebo Isakova PhD
Head of Research Department
Tel: (+99873 5951101)
Email: zebohon_isaqova@mail.ru
Mr. Anvar Hakimov Farmonovich PhD
Rector of Kokand State Pedagogical Institute
Tel:(+99873 5523838)
Email: rector@kspi.uz
Project description
Increasing the role of pedagogical institutes in development of “Knowledge
Triangle” by improving the quality of students’ education and qualification of
teachers’ staff
SCM
HES

Teaching and training

Education science

Quality and evaluation of education

Physical science

Computing

School industry relationships

Information services

Training courses
 Introduction of quality assurance
 Qualifications frameworks
 Physical science and Computing
 Knowledge triangle: education-innovation-research
 Development of partnerships with enterprises
 Development of international Relations
 University management and student services
The problems that project is focused on and is aimed to solve are very actual
nowadays because of the following reasons.
The graduating students of pedagogical institutes are future teachers in
schools and colleges. For the time being the skills and knowledge of most
graduating students, especially in physical sciences, do not satisfy modern
requirements. By improving the quality of pedagogical students’ education
we can make great contribution not only to the development of people’s
education system but also to economic, political and social development of
Uzbekistan in the long run. Because the knowledge gotten at the school desk
is a cornerstone in any person’s future development and teachers are like
“architects of the soul and basic background knowledge” play the most
important role in this process. And pedagogical institutes are the main
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producers of these “architects”.
For achieving this long run goal, improvement of teachers’ staff qualification
in pedagogical institutes is very necessary.
So development of modern qualifications frameworks for teachers’ staff is
one of the important issues for pedagogical institutes.
Moreover, undeveloped networking system among pedagogical institutes,
inactive participation of students and teachers in education quality assurance
and study program development processes are other reasons that make
realization of such project vitally important.
Indeed, methods of collection and analysis of key effectiveness indicators in
pedagogical institutes are quite different and ineffective and there is reliable
structure to measure student’s performance or professional preparedness to
labor market modern requirements.
Also, undeveloped partnership with enterprises, almost absence of
Knowledge triangle: education-innovation-research in pedagogical institutes
does not unlock the potential and opportunities that could be for economic
growth and political-social development in Uzbekistan.
In addition, in order to solve above problems it is significant to maintain
international cooperation and experience-knowledge exchange with
pedagogical institutes and organizations of EU.
For all these reasons the realization of this project is very necessary and by
realizing this project we can strike precisely to the roots of most economic,
structural and social problems in Uzbekistan.
Objectives and
activities
The objectives of the project are following:

to promote the integration of education, science and production by
developing modern research and innovation activities of students, teachers
and entrepreneurs in pedagogical institutes and enterprises (knowledge
triangle: education-innovation-research);

to improve the quality of students’ education and qualification of
teachers’ staff (especially, students and teachers of physical science and
computing) in pedagogical institutes;

to enhance quality assurance in pedagogical institutes by developing
modern qualifications frameworks and effective methods education
evaluation

to enhance networking and cooperation among pedagogical institutes,
Ministry of Higher and Secondary Specialized Education, enterprises,
schools, colleges and EU educational organizations;

to interest and involve youth from pedagogical institutes, schools and
colleges in activities of the project
Activities of the project are following:
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
selecting teachers (mostly teachers of physical science and computing)
of pedagogical institutes on competition base for creating project’s
workgroup;

organizing training/s on improvement the qualification, knowledge
and experience of selected teachers in EU educational institutions (trainings
on improving and implementing knowledge triangle: education-innovationresearch, qualifications frameworks and quality assurance, new approaches
in teaching physical science and computing);

realizing mini-projects by selected and trained teachers on
improvement the quality of education in their disciplines and directions in
Uzbekistan;

using methods as questioning, interviewing and information
technologies (creating the web site of the project, maintaining networking)
in activities and mini-projects of the project;

involving students, schools, colleges and enterprises in mini-projects
of selected trained teachers and activities of the project;

preparing recommendations and development of quality assurance
guidance, modern study programs by selected teachers on improvement
quality of education in pedagogical institutes and providing these
recommendations and reports to the Ministry of Higher and Secondary
Specialized Education and Ministry of People’s Education for further
consideration;

cooperating with the Ministry of Higher and Secondary Specialized
Education and Ministry of People’s Education in development of modern
qualification frameworks and study programs in pedagogical institutes;

establishing information center equipped with computers, internet and
office accessories for effective work of project participants, mini-projects
realization and further activities of the project;

organizing master classes and trainings on introducing Knowledge
triangle: education-innovation-research, quality assurance and physical
science discipline courses for teachers, students enterprises by inviting
international and national education experts to the information center.
Target groups
and stakeholders
Information
about other HEIs
in Uzbekistan to
be involved in
project

Pedagogical Institutes

Students and student organization

Enterprises

Ministry of Higher and Secondary Specialized Education of
Uzbekistan and Ministry of Public Education

Colleges and schools
 Ministry of Higher and Secondary Specialized Education of
Uzbekistan
 Ministry of Public Education
 Nukus state pedagogical institute after Ajiniyaz
 Namangan Engineering-Pedagogical Institute
 Navoi State Pedagogical Institute
 Namangan State University
 Uzbekistan Research Institute of Pedagogical Sciences by Kori Niyozi
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