Sector Assistance Program Evaluation on Education in Uzbekistan

Donors Strategy/Activities/Projects 
Japan International Cooperation 
Agency (JICA) 
Vocational education project; provision of scholarships to 20 students 
each year to study in universities on human resource development; 
Support for educational reform, retraining teachers to expand 
professional education 
United Nations Children’s Fund 
(UNICEF)
Early childhood development, quality basic education and child- 
centered initiatives 
UNICEF and United Nations 
Educational, Scientific, and 
Cultural Organization (UNESCO) 
Education management information system 
- 
extended support to schools in Aral sea 
United States Agency for 
International Development 
(USAID) 
Basic education support; inclusive education 
- 
training programs in governance, democratization, civic 
education, and globalization targeting civil servants, political and 
civil society leaders 
- Basic Education Sector Strengthening Program (2003)
focusing 
on in-service training; classroom-level learning materials and 
textbook development; parent and community involvement in 
education decision making, management and technical capacity 
at all levels of the education system; and rehabilitation of school 
infrastructure
Government of the People’s 
Republic of China 
Provision of information and communication technology (ICT) in basic 
education 
Islamic Development Bank 
Loan for construction and equipping of secondary schools 
British Council 
Development of English textbooks and teacher training 
Source: Independent Evaluation Department.

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LESSONS FROM ADB'S PAST ASSISTANCE IN THE SECTOR 
 
Table A5.1: Lessons Identified in the 2006 CAPE 
A. Strategy
• Programs would have been more effective and policy dialogue made easier if there had been broad 
agreement about intended outcomes to which the ADB program would contribute.
• Project preparatory TAs should be used more strategically by moving important policy issues forward 
and helping maintain continuity of advice if extended to the start-up of a loan project.
• Agreement on a country sector strategy sets out the framework for ADB and the government, makes 
it more difficult to introduce alterations to the strategy, and clarifies ADB's intentions. 
• ADB should consider increasing its lending and TA to the education sector. ADB does not meet the 
Uzbekistan education sector's requirement for borrowing.