World Bank2017-08-282017-08-282014-06https://hdl.handle.net/10986/27992Uzbekistan is a lower middle-income country located in Central Asia with a population of 30 million people and an economy that has been growing by over 8 percent per annum since the mid-2000s. The composition of the workforce has also changed dramatically in recent years. The higher education system is characterized by low access and concerns about the quality and relevance of the skills of its graduates. A recent regional skills study concluded that Uzbekistan is experiencing a substantial shortage of university graduates. The internal management of the higher education system is fragmented, with different actors having overlapping responsibilities, thereby making it difficult to ensure system-wide accountability. In order to enable the Uzbek higher education system to serve the economy and student population well, the quality assurance system should be compliant with global best practices while remaining locally relevant. While reported overall state budget spending on education, at around 8 percent of GDP, is one of the highest in the world, the share of this spending on tertiary education, at around 0.4 percent of GDP, is one the lowest. In summary, Uzbekistan’s higher education system needs to modernize to better adapt to needs of the country’s economy. The report, having analyzed the sector in detail, proposes measures to modernize the higher education sector in Uzbekistan.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONSACADEMIC YEARACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATIONACCESS TO LEARNINGACCESS TO TERTIARY EDUCATIONACCREDITATIONADVANCED SKILLSADVANCED TRAININGBASIC EDUCATIONBASIC EDUCATION DEVELOPMENTBASIC SKILLSBRAIN DRAINBUSINESS SCHOOLCAPITAL EXPENDITURESCOGNITIVE SKILLSCOLLEGE GRADUATESCOMMUNITY COLLEGESCOMPETITION FOR UNIVERSITY PLACESCOMPUTER SKILLSCREDIT TRANSFERDEGREESDISCIPLINESDOCTORAL DEGREESEDUCATED WORKFORCEEDUCATION BUDGETEDUCATION DEGREESEDUCATION FOR ALLEDUCATION LEVELEDUCATION POLICYEDUCATION PROVIDERSEDUCATION STANDARDSEDUCATION STRATEGYEDUCATION STUDENTSEFFECTIVE EDUCATIONEMPLOYMENTENROLMENT LEVELSENROLMENT RATESENROLMENT TRENDSENROLMENTSEQUITABLE ACCESSEXAMEXPENDITURESFACULTIESFEMALE ENROLMENTFEMALE STUDENTSFOREIGN UNIVERSITIESFORMAL TRAININGFREE SECONDARY EDUCATIONGENDER DISPARITIESGENERAL SECONDARY EDUCATIONGRADUATE LEVELGROSS ENROLLMENTGROSS ENROLLMENT RATEGROSS ENROLMENTGROSS ENROLMENT RATEGROSS ENROLMENT RATESHEALTH EDUCATIONHIGHER EDUCATIONHIGHER EDUCATION AUTHORITIESHIGHER EDUCATION DEVELOPMENTHIGHER EDUCATION FINANCINGHIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONHIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONSHIGHER EDUCATION MANAGEMENTHIGHER EDUCATION SECTORHIGHER EDUCATION STUDENTSHIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEMHIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEMSHIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONSHIGHER ENROLMENTHIGHER LEARNINGHIGHER LEVELS OF EDUCATIONHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN DEVELOPMENTINDEXESINSTRUCTIONAL METHODSINSTRUCTIONAL STAFFINTAKE RATEINTELLECTUAL PROPERTYJOB OPPORTUNITIESJOB SECURITYJOB TRAININGKNOWLEDGE CREATIONKNOWLEDGE ECONOMYLABOR FORCELABOR MARKET DEMANDLABOR MARKET NEEDSLEADERSHIPLEARNINGLEVEL OF EDUCATIONLEVELS OF EDUCATIONLITERACYLOW ENROLMENTMANUALSMATHEMATICSNUMBER OF STUDENTSNUMERACYONLINE COURSESOPEN ACCESSORAL COMMUNICATIONPARITYPARTICIPATION RATESPOST-SECONDARY INSTITUTIONSPRIMARY DATAPRIVATE EDUCATIONPRIVATE PARTNERSHIPSPROBLEM SOLVINGPROBLEM SOLVING SKILLSPROFESSIONAL EDUCATIONPUBLIC INSTITUTIONSQUALITY ASSESSMENTQUALITY ASSURANCEQUALITY ASSURANCE SYSTEMSREADINGRESEARCHERSRIGHT TO EDUCATIONRIGHTS TO EDUCATIONSCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURESCHOOLINGSCHOOLSSCIENTIFIC RESEARCHSECONDARY EDUCATIONSECONDARY SCHOOLSECONDARY SCHOOL GRADUATESSECONDARY VOCATIONAL EDUCATIONSKILLED LABORSKILLED PROFESSIONALSSKILLED WORKERSSKILLED WORKFORCESOCIAL DEVELOPMENTSOCIAL SCIENCESSOCIAL WELFARESTATE EDUCATIONSTATE EDUCATIONAL STANDARDSSTUDENT ADMISSIONSSTUDENT ASSESSMENTSTUDENT DEMANDSTUDENT PLACESSTUDENT POPULATIONSTUDENT STIPENDSSTUDENT-TEACHER RATIOSSUBJECT AREASTEACHERTEACHER RATIOSTEACHER SALARIESTEACHERSTEACHINGTEACHING QUALITYTEACHING STAFFTECHNICAL FIELDSTECHNICAL SKILLSTECHNICAL SPECIALISTSTERTIARY EDUCATIONTERTIARY EDUCATION SECTORTERTIARY EDUCATION SYSTEMTERTIARY EDUCATION SYSTEMSTERTIARY GRADUATESTERTIARY INSTITUTIONSTERTIARY LEVELTERTIARY SECTORTERTIARY STUDENTSTRAINING INSTITUTIONSTUITIONTUITION FEETUITION FEESUNIVERSAL ENROLMENTUNIVERSITIESUNIVERSITY COURSESUNIVERSITY DEGREESUNIVERSITY GRADUATESUNIVERSITY LEADERSVOCATIONAL COLLEGESVOCATIONAL EDUCATIONVOCATIONAL SCHOOLSVOCATIONAL TRAININGYOUTHReportWorld Bank10.1596/27992