UK And Uzbekistan Cooperate Closely In Field Of Education - Ambassador
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 1. Education is an
important area of cooperation between the UK and Uzbekistan, UK
ambassador to Uzbekistan Tim Torlot told trend .
According to the ambassador, the UK is actively involved in
ensuring access to quality education for Uzbek children.
"The UK is a contributor to the Partnership Compact for
Education Reform through the Global Partnership for Education fund,
aimed at supporting the government to enable equitable access to
transformative quality education," he said.
Torlot pointed out that for several years there has been a
tendency among the UK's educational institutions to expand their
presence in Uzbekistan, who are seeing ties with the institutions
of the Central Asian country.
Meanwhile, the ambassador pointed out the Westminster
International University, which has been functioning in
Tashkent.
"Westminster International University in Tashkent has been
operating successfully for more than twenty years, but the number
of British universities who have established partnerships with
Uzbek educational institutions is growing all the time," Torlot
said.
Westminster International University in Tashkent (WIUT), it was
established in 2002, in collaboration with the Uzbek President's
"UMID" Foundation. The university provides education in the
following areas: economy, journalism, politics, natural scenes,
social sciences, etc.
Back in 2020, the university switched to a new education system,
by opening three special schools, which are containing academic
departments with subject areas, as well as offering doctoral
programs.
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