Scaling innovative elements of a national education online platform in Uzbekistan
In 2020, the Republic of Uzbekistan introduced a national education online platform, Edu Market, to be used by primary school children in the republic. The aim of the Edu Market project was to improve the quality of education in the country, making learning more interesting and interactive, and involving a greater number of schoolchildren into the process. This report was developed to evaluate the implementation of the first phase of the Edu Market project and conduct a feasibility assessment for the subsequent stages of the project where it will be scaled up to higher levels of education.
Primary education is aimed at forming the foundations of literacy, knowledge, and skills necessary for obtaining general secondary education. Upon completion of primary school, the child should be proficient in reading, writing and numeracy skills. The foundations of competencies are laid in primary school, and the quality and effectiveness of subsequent education depend on the extent to which they were formed at this stage. Therefore, strong skills development at the primary level is a prerequisite for students later in life.