Abstract
There is a high demand for higher education among Uzbekistan’s youth. Each year, more than half a million apply for university admission. The only pathway to enter university is by passing the entrance exams held annually by the State Testing Center. The current admission system ignores high school academic performance, thus completely undermining high school (years 11 and 12) education. For this reason, many high school students do not see value in attending high school classes; rather, they try to convince — in some cases with money — school management to allow them to skip some of their classes and still get a diploma of completion. In order to prevent further corruption and quality decrease in high schools in the country, we need to restructure the university admissions system. Uzbekistan needs to include students’ high school academic perform
Original language | English |
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Specialist publication | The Diplomat |
Publisher | The Diplomat |
Publication status | Published - 23 May 2019 |
Externally published | Yes |