Moderate Expectations: Barriers to Access and Complete Higher Education in Tajikistan: Listening to Stakeholders' Voices during the University Entrance Exam Reform. Report No: AUS7057.

Type Journal Article - World Bank
Title Moderate Expectations: Barriers to Access and Complete Higher Education in Tajikistan: Listening to Stakeholders' Voices during the University Entrance Exam Reform. Report No: AUS7057.
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Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2015
URL http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED573570.pdf
Abstract
With the adoption of sweeping changes in the governance of university admission, namely the
implementation of the university entrance exam (UEE) in July 2014, and with broader reforms
supported by the World Bank, Tajikistan’s education system is undergoing potentially
transformative change. With a clear vision of higher education playing a key role to compete in the
global economy, the government of Tajikistan has adopted a new centralized university entrance exam
(UEE), which aims to improve fairness and transparency in access to higher education. Previously,
admission to university was managed separately by each university, putting a lot of discretion in university
admission and lacking transparency. In July 2014, Tajikistan put in place a unified, centrally administered
entrance exam, with several procedures to ensure that the exam is administered and graded fairly, and to
minimize meddling.