Uzbekistan Country Gender Assessment: Update

Government Commitments

Reforms have been introduced to improve all sub-sectors of the education system. a special Ministry on preschool education was established in 2017.²⁰⁸ Reforms in higher education


²⁰⁵ Ministry of Health of Uzbekistan. 2016. Brief Statistic Collection for 2015 Basic Indicators. tashkent. Uzbekistan.
²⁰⁶ data provided by the State Committee on Statistics to adB in September–October 2017 for this CGa update.
²⁰⁷ the Constitution of the Republic of Uzbekistan: article 41. www.lex.uz
²⁰⁸ decree of the president #2707 (29 February 2016). On Measures for Further Improvement of Preschool Education System 2017–2021.
Mainstreaming Gender in ADB Operations, by Sector 67

present a comprehensive development program for 2017–2021, which includes measures to attract foreign experts, establishment of the State Inspection on Supervision over the Quality of education, and provides tax and customs privileges during program implementation. ²⁰⁹ Consequently, more students graduate from colleges and lyceums wishing to enter universities, making competition significantly tougher.²¹⁰

Consistent with the 2017 reforms in higher education, 15 higher educational institutions re-launched correspondence studies in diverse specialties.²¹¹ For women, this provided an

opportunity to access higher education while combining study with childcare and other family obligations. For many women, earlier suspension of the correspondence format was a significant barrier to obtaining higher education and accessing better employment opportunities.²¹²

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