The first meeting of the Working Group on Quality Education under the National Development Council under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan was held in Dushanbe

 

October 26, 2021, the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of the Republic of Tajikistan, in partnership with the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Tajikistan and with the technical support of UNDP in Tajikistan, held the first meeting of the Interdepartmental Working Group "Quality Education" of the National Development Council under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan.

 

The meeting of the Working Group "Quality Education" was aimed at discussing the functioning of the Working Group within the National Development Council under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan, the role of all members of the Working Group, which is represented by government bodies, development partners, the private sector and public organizations.

The participants of the first meeting of the Working Group discussed the issues of ensuring quality education, as well as the achievements and challenges in the activities of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Tajikistan, within the implementation of the Medium-Term Development Program for 2016-2020 and other sectoral programs taking into account the SDGs.

At the meeting, UNICEF noted the issues of creating a set of measures to improve the quality of education, to regularly improve the system of state educational standards, curricula and materials, professional development programs for employees of educational institutions, taking into account the principle of inclusiveness.

In particular, during the meeting, the monitoring and evaluation system of the MTDP for 2021-2025 of the Republic of Tajikistan was presented, its main differences from the monitoring and evaluation system of the MTDP for 2016-2020 were discussed, as well as the integration of the SDGs into the development of the program by sectors.

At the end of the meeting, a training was held to increase the capacity of the members of the Working Group, which will lasted until October 27. The aim of the training is to educate participants in the basics of strategic sectoral planning, resource mobilization, as well as a monitoring and evaluation system.

In order to improve the monitoring and reporting system for the implementation of national, sectoral and local development programs and SDGs, the Secretariat of the Council of the National Development Council under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan forms Interdepartmental Working Groups consisting of representatives of sectoral ministries and departments, public organizations, as well as development partners. In total, 14 Interdepartmental Working Groups of the National Development Council were formed in accordance with the selected sectoral development areas, covering the priorities of the National Development Strategy for the period up to 2030 and the SDGs.

For more information, contact the Secretariat of the National Development Council under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan at the address Dushanbe, Bokhtar Street by phone 221-13-53 and e-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.