Name of our university/institution/industry or company interested in participating in TEMPUS project:

International name:
Kokand State Pedagogical Institute

National name: :
Kokand State Pedagogical Institute

Web-site: http://www.kspi.uz

Quantity of projects: 0

Main field of activities of our university: General information about region/ town
Kokand is a city in Eastern Uzbekistan. Kokand is 228 km southeast of Tashkent, 115 km west of Andijan, and 88 km west of Fergana. Kokand has existed since at least the 10th century, under the name of Khavakend and was frequently mentioned in traveler’s accounts of the caravan route between India and China.

Kokand is at a crossroads on the old Silk Road caravan trails, the main transportation junction in the Fergana Valley. Roads over the passes go East, another leads Northwest over the mountains to Tashkent, and another West through Khujand. Kokand has a population of about 500,000. It is nicknamed “City of Winds”, or sometimes “Town of the Boar".

Kokand is also a center for the manufacture of fertilizers, chemicals, machinery, and cotton and food products. Over the last two decades, new districts and public buildings have been created in the city as well as many houses, shops, cafes, restaurants and other private sector ventures. Kokand is also an educational center with 1 institute, 14 colleges, 3 academic lyceums, 45 secondary schools, 5 musical schools, a theater, and 20 libraries. There are 7 historical and house museums located in Kokand.

Brief description of university, faculty, department, number of students
Kokand State Pedagogical Institute was founded in 1932 and nowadays in Fergana Valley it is a leading higher education institution specialized in graduating teachers and educators for schools, academic lyceums and professional colleges.

There are 17 Bachelor’s Degree and 8 Master’s Degree specializations in the Institute. The number of faculties is 8:

The number
Bachelor’s Degree specializations – 17;
Master’s Degree specializations – 8;
Faculties – 6;
• Mathematics and physics
• Chemistry and biology
• Pedagogy
• Philology
• History
• Sports (Physical Training)

Number of Departments – 23;
Number of Students – 5510;
Number of teachers-501. (among them teachers’ with Doctor Degree-20, teachers’ with Candidate of Science (Master’s Degree)-111.

Information about the intended TEMPUS projects:

Proposal: Project Title:
Increasing the role of pedagogical institutes in development of “Knowledge Triangle” by improving the quality of students’ education and qualification of teachers’ staff
Type of the project: Joint Project (JP) or Structural Measure (SM) - SM
Area of project: Higher Education and Society (HES) - HES
Subject area/academic discipline (see Annex 6)
• Teaching and training
• Education science
• Quality and evaluation of education
• Physical science
• Computing
• School industry relationships
• Information services
• Training courses

Relevance to national or regional priorities
• Introduction of quality assurance
• Qualifications frameworks
• Physical science and Computing
• Knowledge triangle: education-innovation-research
• Development of partnerships with enterprises
• Development of international Relations
• University management and student services
Brief need analysis
The problems that project is focused on and is aimed to solve are very actual nowadays because of the following reasons.

The graduating students of pedagogical institutes are future teachers in schools and colleges. For the time being the skills and knowledge of most graduating students, especially in physical sciences, do not satisfy modern requirements. By improving the quality of pedagogical students’ education we can make great contribution not only to the development of people’s education system but also to economic, political and social development of Uzbekistan in the long run. Because the knowledge gotten at the school desk is a cornerstone in any person’s future development and teachers are like “architects of the soul and basic background knowledge” play the most important role in this process. And pedagogical institutes are the main producers of these “architects”.

For achieving this long run goal, improvement of teachers’ staff qualification in pedagogical institutes is very necessary. So development of modern qualifications frameworks for teachers’ staff is one of the important issues for pedagogical institutes.

Moreover, undeveloped networking system among pedagogical institutes, inactive participation of students and teachers in education quality assurance and study program development processes are other reasons that make realization of such project vitally important.

Indeed, methods of collection and analysis of key effectiveness indicators in pedagogical institutes are quite different and ineffective and there is reliable structure to measure student’s performance or professional preparedness to labor market modern requirements.

Also, undeveloped partnership with enterprises, almost absence of Knowledge triangle: education-innovation-research in pedagogical institutes does not unlock the potential and opportunities that could be for economic growth and political-social development in Uzbekistan.

In addition, in order to solve above problems it is significant to maintain international cooperation and experience-knowledge exchange with pedagogical institutes and organizations of EU.

For all these reasons the realization of this project is very necessary and by realizing this project we can strike precisely to the roots of most economic, structural and social problems in Uzbekistan.

Objectives and activities
The objectives of the project are following:
• to promote the integration of education, science and production by developing modern research and innovation activities of students, teachers and entrepreneurs in pedagogical institutes and enterprises (knowledge triangle: education-innovation-research);
• to improve the quality of students’ education and qualification of teachers’ staff (especially, students and teachers of physical science and computing) in pedagogical institutes;
• to enhance quality assurance in pedagogical institutes by developing modern qualifications frameworks and effective methods education evaluation
• to enhance networking and cooperation among pedagogical institutes, Ministry of Higher and Secondary Specialized Education, enterprises, schools, colleges and EU educational organizations;
• to interest and involve youth from pedagogical institutes, schools and colleges in activities of the project

Activities of the project are following:
• selecting teachers (mostly teachers of physical science and computing) of pedagogical institutes on competition base for creating project’s workgroup;
• organizing training/s on improvement the qualification, knowledge and experience of selected teachers in EU educational institutions (trainings on improving and implementing knowledge triangle: education-innovation-research, qualifications frameworks and quality assurance, new approaches in teaching physical science and computing);
• realizing mini-projects by selected and trained teachers on improvement the quality of education in their disciplines and directions in Uzbekistan;
• using methods as questioning, interviewing and information technologies (creating the web site of the project, maintaining networking) in activities and mini-projects of the project;
• involving students, schools, colleges and enterprises in mini-projects of selected trained teachers and activities of the project;
• preparing recommendations and development of quality assurance guidance, modern study programs by selected teachers on improvement quality of education in pedagogical institutes and providing these recommendations and reports to the Ministry of Higher and Secondary Specialized Education and Ministry of People’s Education for further consideration;
• cooperating with the Ministry of Higher and Secondary Specialized Education and Ministry of People’s Education in development of modern qualification frameworks and study programs in pedagogical institutes;
• establishing information center equipped with computers, internet and office accessories for effective work of project participants, mini-projects realization and further activities of the project;
• organizing master classes and trainings on introducing Knowledge triangle: education-innovation-research, quality assurance and physical science discipline courses for teachers, students enterprises by inviting international and national education experts to the information center.

Target groups and stakeholders
• Pedagogical Institutes
• Students and student organization
• Enterprises
• Ministry of Higher and Secondary Specialized Education of Uzbekistan and Ministry of Public Education
• Colleges and schools

Information about other HEIs in Uzbekistan to be involved in project
• Ministry of Higher and Secondary Specialized Education of Uzbekistan
• Ministry of Public Education
• Nukus state pedagogical institute after Ajiniyaz
• Namangan Engineering-Pedagogical Institute
• Navoi State Pedagogical Institute
• Namangan State University
• Uzbekistan Research Institute of Pedagogical Sciences by Kori Niyozi

Previous international experience: Kokand State Pedagogical Institute, its teachers and students have participated in the following international projects:
- TEMPUS project UM_JEP-23155 “DESIRE - Development and strengthening of International Relations” (2002)
- CMC LTD ITEC project for teachersorganized by India (2004-2006)
- MTCP project for students organized by Malaysia (2005)
- JICE project for students and teachers of Japan

Contact: Mrs. Zebo Isakova PhD Head of Research Department

E-mail: zebohon_isaqova@mail.ru

Contact: Mr. Anvar Hakimov Farmonovich PhD Rector of Kokand State Pedagogical Institute

E-mail: rector@kspi.uz

Phone: (+99873 5523838)