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Activity 3. 
1. Pre-school education includes kindergartens and pre-school training courses for children. 
2. Primary education comprises from the first to the fourth classes and provides with basic 
knowledge. 3. Secondary education lasts 5 years from the fifth to the ninth classes.
4. Secondary specialised and vocational specialised education includes studies at 
professional colleges and academic lyceums. Both types of schools provide the general 
secondary education required for further education in the universities.
5. Higher education. Admission of students to Higher Education Institutions in Uzbekistan 
iscarried out on the basis of state grants (budget) and individual contracts (fee paid basis). 
Annually the Cabinet of Ministers issues a Resolution providing detailed information and 
requirements on enrolment at Higher Education Institutions. State Testing Centre under the 
Cabinet of Ministers is responsible for organisation of testing and development of testing 
materials.
6. Post-higher education includes postgraduate courses and Doctors’ program lasting 3 or 
more years. 
7. Short-term retraining or upgrading courses are In service training or increasing 
qualification courses.. 8. Other educational establishments, music schools, sport schools 
and other educational courses. 
9. International cooperation. International cooperation is one of the fastest and dynamic 
developing spheres of higher education in Uzbekistan. International cooperation is ongoing 
in the following directions (based on data supplied by MHSSE): establishment of joint higher 
education institutions; involvement of foreign teachers, scientists in the teaching process of 
Uzbek HEIs; support for incoming and out-going student mobility; support in organisation of 
joint research work; organisation of international conferences on burning problems of higher 
education, innovative; technologies, resources and energy saving; attraction of foreign 
investments
10. International organizations, which are active in the field of education in the Republic of 
Uzbekistan. There is a number ofinternational organisations active in the field of education 
in the Republic of Uzbekistan: Asian Development Bank(ADB) Japan International 
Cooperation Agency(JICA) • German Academic Exchange Programme(DAAD) • British 
Council • Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) • Goethe-Institute • Konrad 
Adenauer Foundation • World Bank • Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische 
Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) UNESCO 

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