Uzbekistan Quality Job Creation as a Cornerstone for Sustainable Economic Growth

Rank
University
1
Tashkent University of Information Technologies
2
Westminster International University in Tashkent
a
3
Tashkent Financial Institute
4
Tashkent State Pedagogical University
5
National University of Uzbekistan
6
Inha University in Tashkent
a
7
University of World Economy and Diplomacy
8
Karakalpak State University
9
Termez State University
10
Namangan Engineering-Technological Institute
a
International universities.
Notes: The ranking is based on the popularity of the universities’ official websites (web-metrix). The current 
uniRank University Ranking™ is based upon an algorithm including 5 unbiased and independent web metrics 
extracted from 4 different web intelligence sources: Moz Domain Authority, Alexa Global Rank, SimilarWeb 
Global Rank, Majestic Referring Domains and Majestic Trust Flow.
Source: uniRank. 2019 Uzbekistani University Ranking. http://www.4icu.org/uz/ (accessed 8 August 2019). 

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Low enrollment and little association between private sector employers and 
universities also negatively impact the economy’s capacity for innovation, 
technology adoption, and value creation. Universities need to be adequately 
equipped to better address the requirements of a developing economy 
and reduce the skills and supply–demand mismatch of graduates. The 
employability of graduates remains a priority of higher education policymakers. 
While data on employability of graduates are not available on the websites of 
universities operating in Uzbekistan, findings of the World Bank (2014) show 
that graduates often do not enter employment related to their area of study. 
For example, only 57% of graduates working in education pursued this field in 
university, and graduates of various disciplines fill over 75% of all graduate-
level jobs in the construction industry. 
While broadening access to education, Uzbekistan should also improve the 
matching of skills and jobs, a challenge that is common to most developing 
countries and that requires a responsive approach to education and skills 
development, involving collaboration between education institutions and the 
private sector. To meet the challenge requires developing a stronger knowledge 
base on jobs and skills, and greater adaptability among both entrepreneurs and 
the youth (Jagannathan 2012). 
As Uzbekistan develops, the need for workers with specialized skill sets 
and training, and with higher education degrees, will be more pronounced. 
Tertiary education should pay attention to the quality of education and 
have the right tool set to monitor labor markets and outcomes of higher 
education programs. Box 3.3 provides some examples of recent initiatives that 
focus on the interactions between higher education and the labor market in
several countries.
3.3.7. Governance of the education sector 
No single actor can ensure proper governance of the education sector, 
because many actors have overlapping responsibilities. Under the current 
education sector reforms initiated by the government, several significant 
changes concern the sector’s management. Education is now managed by 
three ministries: the Ministry of Higher and Secondary Specialized Education 
(formerly the Center for Secondary Special and Vocational Education), the 
Ministry of Public Education, and the Ministry of Preschool Education. 
Currently no single national qualification framework in Uzbekistan is analogous 
to the European understanding of the notion. Various systems potentially 

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