Education in Tajikistan
Partner since:
Total grant support: US$86,808,082
Grant eligibility:
- Multiplier
- System capacity
- System transformation
Coordinating agency: European Union in Tajikistan
GPE Team lead: Muhammad Tariq Khan
Transforming education in Tajikistan
Tajikistan introduced a competency-based education (CBE) curriculum in 2015 with the aim to transition to a holistic, student-centered approach to education that fosters students’ development of improved cognitive skills and 21st-century content knowledge.
However, a 2021 report found that more resources and coordinated efforts are needed to ensure CBE is fully integrated into the education system. They are striving to accelerate efforts to implement CBE for the benefit of all children, more deeply embedding this approach across the system.
GPE will support the government to ensure more student-centered learning assessments and data management systems will enable policymakers to adjust curriculum implementation to the needs and performance of boys and girls beyond basic education.
Updated teaching and learning materials and competency-based teacher professional development will contribute to better education quality, while a range of improvements to school infrastructure will ensure more inclusive learning environments.
Result story
Key data
3%
out-of-school rate for children of lower-secondary school age
Grants
(data as of December 21, 2024)
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Type: System transformation and Multiplier
Years: 2024 - 2028
Allocation: US$25,000,000
Utilization: 0
Grant agent: IsDB
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Objectives
- Support the availability and adequacy of school infrastructure to boost basic education access especially in rural areas, particularly for girls and children with disabilities.
- Support institutionalization and implementation of inclusive gender-sensitive competency-based education curriculum reform.
- Establish and scale up the system of continuous professional learning for teachers.
- Strengthen and implement national learning assessment and monitoring of learning.
Document
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Type: System capacity
Years: 2022 - 2025
Allocation: US$2,600,000
Utilization: US$824,679
Grant agent: UNICEF
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Type: Multiplier
Years: 2020 - 2024
Allocation: US$10,000,000
Utilization: US$9,649,216
Grant agent: IsDB
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Objectives
- Enhance access to quality education facilities
- Improve the efficacy of the competency-based education
- Strengthen the education management information system
Documents
Civil society engagement
As part of its investment in civil society advocacy and social accountability efforts, GPE’s Education Out Loud fund is supporting the Alliance of CSOs in Tajikistan for Education (ACTE) for the 2024-2026 period. This builds on previous support from the Civil Society Education Fund (CSEF).
Knowledge and innovation
- Tajikistan is part of the KIX Europe, Middle East and North Africa, Asia, and Pacific hub and has a KIX national delegation.
Latest blogs and news
October 15, 2024
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June 05, 2024
GPE, IsDB (Islamic Development Bank) and the government of Tajikistan are working together to transform the learning experience for students, through upgrading and equipping schools in Dushanbe and the Khatlon region.