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National Policy of the Republic of Uzbekistan on Education for Sustainable Development

National Policy of the Republic of Uzbekistan on Education for Sustainable Development. Uzbekistan: key figures. Population 26 mln people. The density of population: in Andijan region – about 400 people in 1 sq km.  In Navoi region – about 17 people.

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National Policy of the Republic of Uzbekistan on Education for Sustainable Development

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  1. National Policy of the Republic of Uzbekistan on Education for Sustainable Development

  2. Uzbekistan: key figures • Population 26 mln people. • The density of population: in Andijan region – about 400 people in 1 sq km.  In Navoi region – about 17 people. About 60% of population is living in rural areas. More than half of the total population is under 25 years old. More than 130 ethnic groups. • Two ministries of education in Uzbekistan ; the Ministry of of Higher and Secondary Specialized education and the Mnistry of Public Education. • Education system is mainly financed and administrated by the State. • More than 10,000 general secondary schools,63 high educational and 539 technical and vocational institutions. • Almost 99% of the population is literate.. • The textbooks are published in 7 languages. • 7,8% of GDP (2005) is provided for the needs of educational system

  3. Sustainable development issues in Uzbekistan • Many of SD issues are inherited from the Soviet period. • Absolute or partial loss of natural resources; • Decreased productivity of landscapes; • Exhaustion of water system and soils; • Aral sea disaster; • Desertification; • Salinization; • Intercultural dialogue

  4. Adopted documents in SD in Uzbekistan • Activities for Realization of the Program of Actions in Environment Conservation (2006-2010) • Program of Environmental Monitoring (2003-2005) • State Program on Provision of Rural Population with drinking Water and Natural gas for the period 2000-2010 • National Environmental Action Plan (1999-2005) • State Program for Environmental Protection and the Ra6tional Use of Natural Resources (1999-2005) • President’s Decree “On priority Areas to Strengthen Agriculture Reforms” (2003) • National Action Program to Combat Desertification (1999) • National Strategy and Action for Biodiversity Conservation (1998) • National Action Plan on Environmental Hygiene (1995) • National Environmental Health Action Plan (2004) • National Waste Management and Action Plan (under formulated) • Strategic Program on Counteracting the HIV/AIDS Epidemic during 2003-2006 (2003). • New Strategic Program on Counteracting the HIV/AIDS (2006).

  5. Implementation of ESD in Uzbekistan • ESD is consedered as one of the key prioryty • «Development of Environmental Education and Perspectives of Improvement of Preparing and Retraining of Personnel in Environmental protection in Uzbekistan for 2006-2010» adopted earlier this year.National Policy on ESD is starting to be implemented from 2006; • Coordination Council for Environmental Education and Education for Sustainable Development is being created

  6. Some recent events in the field of ESD • May 11, 2006. UNESCO Office in Tashkent, the National Commission of the Republic of Uzbekistan for UNESCO and National University of Uzbekistan had organized the National launch of DESD; • 15 June 2006National seminar on “Improvement of Environmental Education”, • August 17-27, 2006 UNESCO Youth Camp «Youth and Sustainable Development: Environment for Healthy Life” for 180 young leaders.

  7. UNESCO Youth Camp «Youth and Sustainable Development: Environment for Healthy Life”

  8. Perspectives of ESD in Uzbekistan The main objectives in future: • To improve the quality of Basic Education; • To develop values education; • To incorporate SD issues into formal and nonformal education systems; • To increase the role of ICT in Education (to supply secondary schools with computers; increase computer literacy); • To develop electronic textbooks and multimedia trainings aids.

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