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International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (IJTSRD)
Special Issue on Modern Trends in Scientific Research and Development, Case of Asia
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Problems and Reforms in the Training of Higher

Education Personnel in the Years of Independence

(On the example of the Fergana Valley regions of Uzbekistan)

Utkirjon Khoshimov PhD
Doctor of Philosophy in Historical Sciences,
University of Journalism and Mass Communications of Uzbekistan, Uzbekistan

ABSTRACT In order to meet the needs of the Republic in higher
The article analyzes the reforms of the higher education education, meeting the requirements of the times, the Decree
system carried out during the years of independence in the of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan "On the
republic and regions of the Fergana Valley, aimed at establishment of new higher education institutions of the
training highly qualified personnel meeting the Republic" dated February 28, 1992, PF-356. In order to
requirements of modern times. The study also reflects the further improve the system of higher education, improve the
existing problems in this area and the measures taken by training of highly qualified specialists and researchers, as
the government to eliminate them. well as to provide all regions of the country with them more

fully and evenly, a number of higher education institutions
KEYWORDS: Republic of Uzbekistan, Fergana Valley, higher have been established in the country [3. p 60–61].
education system, reforms, regulations
If in the pre-independence 1991/1992 academic year, there
INTRODUCTION were 52 higher education institutions in the country [4. p 3]
One of the most important stages of the education system is
In the 2016/2017 academic year, there were 76 higher
the higher education system, which is aimed at training education institutions in the country, including 20
highly educated personnel. At this stage, the training of universities, 36 institutes, 2 academies, 11 branches, and 7
personnel who can have a significant impact on the rapid branches of foreign OTMs [5 ]. At the opening of foreign
development of the economy. In the early years of higher education institutions and branches, special attention
independence, as in all stages of the education system of the was paid to the cooperation of the republic with the
republic, the priority was to develop the system of higher developed countries of the world, the United Kingdom,
education, to raise it to a new level, to train personnel that Russia, Singapore, Italy and Korea.
meet modern requirements. In this regard, great importance
was attached to the adaptation of this sector to the market It should be noted that in the first twenty-five years of
economy, the radical reform of the higher education system. independence, the coverage of young people with higher

education has not increased, in line with the growth of the
One of the main reasons for the beginning of the reform of number of higher education institutions in the country. This
the higher education system in the early 1990s was the has created problems in the training of highly educated
shortage of modern staff in the country. According to the
personnel in various fields. President of the Republic of
data, the percentage of university graduates trained for Uzbekistan Sh. Mirziyoyev, in his address to the Oliy Majlis
industrial and construction enterprises in the Union is 34%, on the results of 2018, touched upon this issue, emphasizing
in Uzbekistan - 17%, plus 27-30 people per ten thousand the following. “In the past, the coverage of graduates of
people in the Union, and in Uzbekistan - 16-21 people with
higher and secondary special education institutions in
higher education. The need for higher education in the Uzbekistan with higher education was 9-10%. Thanks to the
country is twice as high as in the Union, and even higher in measures taken over the past two years, we have managed to
Fergana region [1. p 3]. increase this figure by more than 15%. But that is not

enough. Because if we look at the experience of developed
MAIN PART countries in the world, this figure is 60-70% of them "[6].
It was in this context that the reform of the higher education
system began. The main emphasis in the implementation of
Despite the increase in the number of higher education
the initial reforms was based on the requirements of the time institutions in the country, the quotas for the enrollment of
and the needs of the republic: first, the sustainability of young people in higher education, ie admission to higher
university education; secondly, the division and educational institutions, have not been increased in line with
specialization of higher education institutions; thirdly, it is the growing population. This, in turn, has led to a reduction
aimed at regionalization and expansion of higher education in the number of highly educated people among the
[2. p 301]. population. The following table provides detailed
information.

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