Kindergarten in uzbekistan

KINDERGARTEN IN UZBEKISTAN

What we do for preschool education
Early Childhood Development (ECD) is an integral part of the joint UNICEF and government programmes on education, health, protection and communication. Access to quality ECD services, including preschool, can provide crucial support during the early years of a child’s development, while also facilitating their readiness for school. Ensuring that young children are developmentally-ready for learning is an important part of UNICEF’s educational priorities.
Regional plans to increase access to quality preschool education programs are being implemented in six regions, including in Bukhara, Fergana, Djizzakh, Kashkadarya, Samarkand and the Republic of Karakalpakstan. Regional trainers have trained 2,159 preschool educators on child-centred teaching methods, while model kindergartens have enrolled an additional 2,841 children, and are now mentoring 106 neighbouring kindergartens.
Achievements to date
UNICEF has contributed to the development, validation and publishing of an improved version of Early Learning and Development Standards (ELDS), by providing technical support. ELDS and child-centred teaching methods, contained within a new curriculum, have been incorporated into the curriculum of the national and regional in-service, pre-school teacher retraining system. ELDS has been officially endorsed by the Ministry of Higher and Specialised Secondary Education for Pedagogical Colleges.
Solution

• The analysis of the benefits and results of alternative pre-primary programmes, such as half-day groups, which may be a more cost-effective way to deliver Early Childhood Education;
• The conducting of research by UNICEF’s Social Policy section, in order to determine the level of parental interest in pre-primary programs, the resources required for such programs, and the mechanisms required for their implementation;

• The implementation of Communication for Development (C4D) programmes focusing on community-based participatory research in the six targeted regions, in order to gain a better understanding of why parents do not send children to preschools, and to train community advisors in gathering data;
• The use of the data resulting from the C4D programmes in order to prepare strong advocacy messages for parents and communities, and to support Early Childhood Development.

Only 30% of children in Uzbekistan go to preschool 70% are being prevented from reaching their full potential by lacking access to quality preschool education.
Under the leadership of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, special attention is paid to the development of the system of preschool education and the quality training of children for school. In order to expand the coverage of children with local pre-school education, modern kindergartens are being built on the basis of public-private partnerships.
If last year in Surkhandarya region 11.6 percent of children aged 3-7 years old were brought up in 288 preschool educational institutions, then currently 355 state-owned and 177 non-state kindergartens enrolled 24.3 percent of the total number of children in the region. By the end of the year, it is planned to bring this indicator to 32.3 percent and cover 74 thousand boys and girls with modern kindergartens.
In the Godi Eram mahalla of Denau region, the Mehnat Farovon Khaet farm organized a non-governmental DOU "Smart Kids" with 150 seats. A kindergarten with a focus on teaching foreign languages, including English, Russian and Korean, teaches children in five groups. In addition, sports sections, music and art clubs are open.
Modular kindergartens assembled from sea containers will be able to serve up to 90 children. From the outside they will be covered with heat-insulating and frost-resistant materials. Inside, all modern conditions will be created, not inferior to ordinary kindergartens.
Responsible persons were given instructions on the widespread introduction of new projects in the system of preschool education, as well as on bringing the kindergarten coverage of children up to 50 percent next year.