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Project on "Creating an assessment process for "Modern schools"

Information about the project of "Modern school"

"Organization of the evaluation process of" modern schools "Project of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan "On measures to establish modern schools" 2019 in order to ensure the implementation of Resolution No. 4537 of November 26, the project plans to develop a procedure for assessing the requirements for "modern schools", general secondary education on the basis of the requirements for "modern schools" and a phased assessment of schools.

In today’s world, every parent wants their child to study in a high-valued school with the quality and environments of education. In addition, in line with the reforms carried out in the field of education in recent years, the educational institution must be fully developed, in short, have a modern look. At this point, it is natural to ask the question of how the schools themselves are, which of them is stronger or, conversely, to what extent it lags behind. For this reason, nowadays there is a requirement for a precise ranking of secondary schools.

The aim of the project was to generate such a rating system. In order to ensure the implementation of the above decision, "Studying the experience of Ofsted and involving experts from the World Bank and in cooperation with the State Inspectorate for Education Quality Control, developed" Requirements for "Modern Schools" and criteria and methods of evaluation of general secondary education.

Criteria for evaluating "Modern school"

The requirements are divided into 4 main areas, 11 sections and 38 criteria, and the total score that can be collected by general secondary education is set at 1000 points. Each criterion is considered as a separate index, and a ranking of schools is made based on the final score.

The main areas of requirements for "modern schools" and the points allocated to them

	Name	Allocated points
1.	Education and upbringing process	300
2.	School management	200
3.	Availability of qualified specialists and literature	200
4.	The condition of material and technical base, infrastructure and equipment of the general education institution in accordance with the standards	300
	Overall	1000

Sections of requirements for ’modern schools’ and points allocated to them

Field

Name

Allocated points

Academic results

Non-academic results

Variable and extracurricular education coverage

Introduction of (inclusive) education for children with special educational needs

Effectiveness of educational work

170

School management strategy and financial performance

Widespread introduction of information technology

130

Provided with qualified teachers

Library activities and reading

160

The main indicators of the building and infrastructure of the institution

The level of effective use of the territory of the institution and the state of equipment in accordance with the criteria of equipment

195

105

III. List of schools that have received the status of "modern school"

For the initial assessment, a total of 42 secondary schools of 3 diverse sizes and diverse situations were selected from all regions, through which the methodology developed was tested to be applicable to all types of schools.

Therefore, out of these 42 schools, 8 (19%) schools received the status of “Modern School”, and 34 (81%) did not completely meet the criteria.

The schools that have achieved the status of "modern school" and their results are as follows:

- 1 school - the status of "Modern school" of the 2nd level;

- 7 schools - the status of "Modern school" of the 3rd level

Secondary schools that will be awarded the status of "Modern School" on the basis of the results of the first assessment of the results of 2020 on the basis of the requirements for "Modern School" LIST

Area	District (city)	General secondary education institution	Total points earned	Given status
Namangan	Davlatobod	33	600,6	Level 2 “Modern school”
Buxoro	Buxoro city	29	588,2	Level 3 “Modern school”
Karakalpakstan R.	Nukus city	31	572,1
Navoi	Navoi city	7	568,9
Fergana	Baghdad	17	558,9
Buxoro	Buxoro district	1	546,6
Khorezm	Khiva	28	512,6
Navoi	Uchkuduk	9	484,5

IV. Strategy for transforming ordinary schools into "modern schools"

Because of the assessment, each school will be recommended to improve its performance on 38 criteria and targeted measures will be identified to bring it to the level of "Modern School".

"Assessment and certification of modern schools."

5 YEAR WORK PLAN

I. Number of schools studied based on the requirements for "modern schools" *:

	2021 (current situation)	2022 (%)	2023 (%)	2024 (%)	2025 (%)	2026 (%)
	793 (8 %)	1215 (12 %)	2000 (20 %)	2000 (20 %)	2000 (20 %)	2000 (20 %)

At the same time, a rating of these schools will be formed and recommendations will be developed to bring them in line with the requirements for "modern schools".

II. Secondary schools brought to the level of "modern school" (in accordance with the "Targets of the Concept of Development of the Public Education System of the Republic of Uzbekistan until 2030")