Sector Assistance Program Evaluation on Education in Uzbekistan

Table A6.3: Intended Outputs, Outcomes, Impacts, and Progress of Ongoing Loan Projects 
 
DMFs as per RRP 
Project Name and 
Details 
Impact/Outcome/Output Performance 
Targets 
Progress/Status/Issues as per PPR
(as of 31 January 2010) 
1. Loan 1961-UZB: 
Education Sector 
Development Program 
(Project Loan) 
Date approved:
06 Dec 2002 
Amount: $38.5 million 
 
Impact: 
To establish an education system 
responsive to the needs of a modern 
market-oriented economy and democratic 
society 
 
Outcome:
To improve quality and efficiency of the 
education system 
The Investment Project 
will support government 
efforts to improve the 
quality of basic education 
(with priority given to poor 
and remote rural areas) 
and to modernize sector 
management. It has three 
main components: (i) 
strengthening sector 
planning and 
management capacities—
will support participatory 
policy formulation 
processes and develop 
national capacities to
manage the education 
reforms; (ii) improving 
Outputs 
1. Strengthening Sector Planning and 
Management Capacities 
a. Stronger policy dialogue in critical 
reform areas including staff 
development, private–public 
partnership, and education finance 
 
- Focused policy studies carried out on (i) 
education staff development, (ii) education 
finance, (iii) nongovernment provision of 
education 
- Leaders and administrators exposed to 
multiple aspects of reform implementation 
The government piloted measures on 
education financing; conducted initial school 
inventory and staff redeployment.
Three studies on education sector completed: 
human resources management, public–
private partnership education, and distance 
education.
 
The training program for school principals, 
teachers and managers took place in late 
2008 and continued in 2009. The delay in 
recruitment of consultants slowed 
implementation of training components. 
and extending teacher 
education—will principally 
establish a distance 
education capacity to 
conduct teacher training 
and retraining activities; 
and (iii) strengthening 
community involvement in 
schooling and improving 
learning conditions.