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Uzbekistan and Russia further develop cooperation in education
2019-03-04 | Education
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Uzbekistan to the Russian Federation Botirjon Asadov and the First Deputy Minister of Public Education of the Republic of Uzbekistan Alisher Umarov met with the Minister of Education of the Russian Federation Olga Vasilyeva, in Moscow.
Participants of the meeting considered the current state and prospects for further development of relations of the two countries in the educational sphere. Views were exchanged on the issue of signing the Agreement of Cooperation between the Ministry of Public Education of Uzbekistan and the Ministry of Education of Russia, the project of which was initiated by the Uzbek side.
O.Vasilyeva positively responded about the initiative of Uzbekistan to expand cooperation and noted the readiness of the Russian partners to sign the indicated document after passing the internal approval procedures. The head of the ministry highly appreciated the level of knowledge of Uzbekistan students who have repeatedly become winners of international and Russian competitions in the Russian language.
At the meeting, the development of cooperation between the two countries in the field of assessing the educational achievements of students was also discussed. The Russian partners expressed their readiness to provide active advisory support in this matter, including conduction of international comparative studies PISA, TIMSS, TALIS in Uzbekistan. In particular, negotiations are underway to include Uzbekistan in the Russia Education Aid for Development (READ) program.
One of the main issue of the dialogue became the teaching of the Russian language in Uzbekistan. In this regard, O.Vasilyeva reported on the plans of the Ministry of Education to assist Uzbekistan in training and retraining teachers in the Russian language in educational institutions of Russia.
At the meeting, the Uzbek side forwarded a proposal to open a branch in Tashkent of one of the Russian universities engaged in training specialists in the exact sciences. In addition, initiatives were announced to establish the exchange of experience and specialists, and to hold joint events.
In turn, the head of the Russian department invited representatives of Uzbekistan to take part in the Moscow International Salon of Education, which will be held on April 10-13, 2019, and WorldSkills Competition in Kazan on August 22-27, 2019.
