HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT IN HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM OF THE REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN Uzokboy Begimkulov, Institute of High pedagogics, National University of Uzbekistan 1 ~ 1 ~
Content of the presentation Continuous Education System of the Republic of Uzbekistan General Information about the system of higher education Conditions, recruitment and organization of human resources management on national level Preparation of scientific and scientific-teaching staffs in the system of higher education System of training and updating qualifications of teaching and administrative staffs in the system of higher education Perspectives and trends Expected reforms and results 2 ~ 2 ~
Part 1 Continuous system of education of the Republic of Uzbekistan 3 ~ 3 ~
Hierarchy of an educational complex of continuous education of the Republic of Uzbekistan Higher education Up to 26-29 Up to 24-25 Up to 22-23 Up to 18-19 Up to 15-16 Up to 6-7 Doctorate Маster s program Bachelor program Secondary special & professional education General secondary education 3 2 1 2 1 4 3 2 1 3 АL PC 2 1 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Preschool education Developing professional skills & retraining Out of school education ~ 4 ~
Components of the national model of staff training Personality Long-term education The State and Society Production Science ~ 5 ~
Part 2 General information about the system of higher education 6 ~ 6 ~
Number of higher educational institutions In the republic, there 75 active higher educational institutions (HEIs), including 69 state HEIs and 6 branches of leading foreign universities 69 State HEIs 6 Branches of leading foreign universities ~ 7 ~
Structure HEIs & number of study programs Structure HEIs Number of study programs 448 faculties 165 directions in bachelor s degree 1717 departments 450 majors in master s degree ~ 8 ~
Number of teachers recruited by higher educational institutions Teaching staffs Research potential Full-time: 16 201 Part-time: 6 784 TOTAL: 22 985 1 667 7 307 Doctor of Science Candidate of Science Female is more than 42% ~ 9 ~
Part 3 Conditions, recruitment and organization of human resources management on national level 10 ~ 10 ~
Minimum requirements for employment 1) Scientific rank docent, senior academic staff or scientific degree doctor (candidate) of science in corresponding areas; 2) Senior teacher university degree (master of science, specialist with diploma) 3) Department teacher/assistant with diploma of higher education. Lab assistant (bachelor of science, magistr, secondary specialized professional education), engineer (bachelor of science, master of science), technician (bachelor of science, secondary specialized professional education), worker (secondary specialized education) Professor Docents or equal ones Senior administration and technical staffs Junior administration and technical staffs Deans/Rectors Scientific rank of scientific degree of doctor of science 1. Dean - with diploma of higher education, diploma of magistr. 2. Deputy dean- with diploma of higher education or magistr. 3. Department head (person with scientific degree doctor of science, candidate of science and scientific rank professor or docent); 4. Head of Unit (magistr, specialist) 5. Head of laboratory (magistr, specialist) 6. Senior laboratory technician (bachelor of science, magistr) Rector of HEIs is appointed by the Cabinet Ministries of the Republic of Uzbekistan, dean is appointed by rector in agreement with Ministry of Higher and Secondary Specialized Education. ~ 11 ~
Contractual conditions for various categories of personnel Senior teaching staff Junior teaching staff Senior administrative and technical staffs Junior administrative and technical staffs 5 years 1 year (for parttime) 5 years 1 year (for parttime) 5 years 1 year (for parttime) 5 years 1 year (for parttime) Graduates of Master s studies can be employed without any competitions for three year agreement ~ 12 ~
Number of contact hours per year for positions of full time 1540 hours (total), 400-700 (contact) 1540 hours (total), 500-800 (contact) Professors Docents and teachers ~ 13 ~
Work-loads of academic staffs Work-loads Department Head professor docent Senior teacher Teacher (assistant) Teaching 40% 45% 50% 55% 60% 25% 25% 20% 10% 5% Scientific-research 20% 20% 20% 15% 15% Scientificmethodological Organizationalmethodological 10% 5% 5% 5% 5% Spiritual and instructional 5% 5% 5% 15% 15% ~ 14 ~
Part 4 Preparation of scientific and scientificteaching staffs in the system of higher education 15 ~ 15 ~
Preparation of scientific and scientific teaching staffs Total number of aspirants and doctoral students 2009 2010 2011 375 436 499 Number of defenses of candidate and doctoral dissertations 2009 2010 2011 236 214 253 ~ 16 ~
Funding in Research in the system of Ministry of Higher and Secondary Specialized Education (million sums) 12597 14846 18593 22549 26850 34528 64317 83578 111052 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 ~ 17 ~
Part 5 System of training and updating qualifications of teaching and administrative staffs in the system of higher education 18 ~ 18 ~
Updating skills of teaching staffs Education in Specialized institutions of retraining/updating skills (institutions, centers, faculties) Education on base educational institutions Education in abroad Education on method Teacher-student Acquiring experience in industry Acquiring experience in research institutions Updating skills of teaching staffs Independent learning Study (didactic study) leave Starting teaching activities Making presentations at scientific, scientificmethodological and scientificapplication conferences or seminars ~ 19 ~
Structure of the system of re-qualifications and retraining of teaching personnel of higher educational institutions Management and coordination Center for development of higher and secondary specialized, professional education Institutes of re-trainings and requalifications Ministry of Higher and Secondary Specialized Education Define quotas of trainees Faculties of re-qualifications and retrainings at HEIs Teachers undergone retrainings Higher educational institutions Foundation «Istedod» Teams implementing projects in retrainings and re-qualifications ~ 20 ~
Institutions in training and updating qualifications of teaching staffs Types of Institutions Number of Trainees per year Number of institutions Subordination Institutes 6690 5 Ministry of Higher and Secondary Specialized Education(5) Centers 12992 27 Ministry of Higher and Secondary Specialized Education (17) Ministry of Health (4) Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation (3) SJC «Uzbekistan Temir Yollari» (1) Ministry of Culture and Sports (1) Agency of Communications and Information (1) Faculties 3864 15 Ministry of Higher and Secondary Specialized Education (9) Ministry of Culture and Sports (2) Ministry of public Education (1) Ministry of Health (1) Ministry of Justice (1) Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation (1) Foundation «Istedod» 700 1 Istedod President s Foundation of the Republic of Uzbekistan in retraining of perspective young teachers and scientific personnel ~ 21 ~
Istedod President s Foundation of the Republic of Uzbekistan in retraining of perspective young teachers and scientific personnel created by the decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Objectives of the Foundation are: Active participation in improvement of level of intellectual development, research advancement, pedagogics and branches of state economy; Establishment of practical cooperation with well-known of foreign education and research centers; Development of talents of gifted young teachers and scientific personnel, achieved to certain successes in teaching and research activities at higher educational and research institutions; Establishment of mutual cooperation with sponsors, including international organizations and funds, active involvement of local and foreign investors in the process of developing knowledge and skills of young teachers and scientific personnel; Assistance in implementation in practice of our state modern advanced knowledge capacity of our young talented teachers and scientific personnel, experience in research and technologies of world level, performing continuous monitoring of their teaching and research activities. ~ 22 ~
Part 6 Perspectives and trends 23 ~ 23 ~
Trends in selection of personnel Using ICT in professional activity Knowledge of foreign language Professional development Scientific competence ~ 24 ~
Strategy to improve attractiveness of works at state higher educational institutions Reduction in teaching hours of teachers by 25 %; Premiums up to 40 times of minimum wage for scientific advisors (consultants) for on-time defense of their aspirants (doctorants) candidate (doctoral) dissertation; Possibility of full off-load from teaching still preserving annual workload of 1540 hours in case of completing dissertation in the current year; Reduction of teachning hours by 25 % of female teachers-professors, completed more than 50 % of their dissertations and progressively working towards their completion, still preserving annual workload of 1540 hours. ~ 25 ~
Reserved Administrative personnel Rector 462 Dean 2856 93 Vice-rector 585 Department head ~ 26 ~
Capabilities of national electronic education network System of e-distance learning Automated Information System of HEIs System for updating skills and retraining System of regulatory-methodological provision of education System of information-resource provision for education ~ 27 ~
Часть 7 Expected reforms and results 28 ~ 28 ~
EXPECTED REFORMS 1. Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan УП-4456 dated from 24 July 2012 «Further improvement of training and testing of scientific and academic personnel of highest qualifications» Introduction of one step Doctoral studies after university education Verification of new directions of science and study programs of majors Development of new requirements for dissertations of master s degree programs according to international standards Development and verification of requirements on dissertations and academic degrees Review of current requirements on registration of scientific works and testing on qualifications of doctoral students ~ 29 ~
EXPECTED REFORMS 2. Decree of the Cabinet Ministries of the Republic of Uzbekistan # 278 dated from 26 September 2012 «Further improvement of training and updating of qualifications of teaching staffs of higher educational institutions» CONSIDERS: Create central research-methodological center of training and updating qualifications of teaching and administrative staffs of higher education under the Ministry of higher and secondary specialized education of the Republic of Uzbekistan; Create 5 regional centers of training and updating qualifications of teaching staffs of higher educational institutions (later regional center) and 10 branch centers of training and updating qualifications of teaching staffs of higher educational institutions. ~ 30 ~
Organizational structure of the system of training and updating skills of teaching and administrative staffs of higher educational institutions Ministry of higher and secondary specialized education (general coordination of training and updating qualifications) Main scientific-teaching center of training and updating qualifications of teaching and administrative personnel of higher educational institutions Regional center of training and updating qualifications of teaching staffs of HEIs Regional center of training and updating qualifications of teaching staffs at Karakalpak State University Regional center of training and updating qualifications of teaching staffs at Bukhara State University Regional center of training and updating qualifications of teaching staffs at Samarkand State University Regional center of training and updating qualifications of teaching staffs at Fergana State University Regional center of training and updating qualifications of teaching staffs at National University of Uzbekistan Branch centers of training and updating qualifications of teaching staffs Branch center of training and updating qualifications of teaching staffs at Tashkent state university of economy Branch center of training and updating qualifications of teaching staffs at Tashkent state technical university Branch center of training and updating qualifications of teaching staffs at Tashkent architecture and construction institute Branch center of training and updating qualifications of teaching staffs at Tashkent state pedagogy university Branch center of training and updating qualifications of teaching staffs at Tashkent institute of textile and light industry Branch center of training and updating qualifications of teaching staffs at Tashkent medical academy Branch center of training and updating qualifications of teaching staffs at Uzbek state institute of sports Branch center of training and updating qualifications of teaching staffs at State institute of arts and culture of Uzbekistan Branch center of training and updating qualifications of teaching staffs at Tashkent state agrarian university Branch center of training and updating qualifications of teaching staffs at Tashkent university of information technology ~ 31 ~
Expected results Implementation of one-step system of preparation and attestation of scientific and scientificteaching staffs of highest qualifications leads its coherence with international standards; New system serves to improve quality master s degree graduates in the system of higher education; New system serves to develop scientific schools in the system of higher education, to implement opportunities to attract large number of talented youth to scientific works; Improvement in quality of retraining and updating qualifications of teaching staffs of HEIs by using advanced national and international teaching practices with modern methods; Implementing a system of analysis, quality and result monitoring, assessing development dynamics of professional skills and competence of teachers; Implementing effective methods in teaching foreign languages and modern information communication technologies with advanced foreign practices; 32 ~ 32 ~
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