The Prospects of Implementing Finnish Experience in The Field of School Education in Uzbekistan Yuldashev Ulugbek Kadirjanovich

Аннотация

The government of Uzbekistan is currently focusing on reforms in the education system. International experiences, particularly in school education, have been studied to identify the achievements of developed countries. Implementing Finland's experience, which has made significant progress in school education and whose students have achieved high results in the PISA test in recent years, is now a top priority. This article compares aspects of the school education systems of Uzbekistan and Finland, analyzing the prospects of introducing Finnish experience. It specifically addresses education management, economic factors, types of schools, and stages of education, with each aspect concluding with insights into the specifics of the Finnish experience. This article explains the differences between Uzbek and Finnish schools based on historical approaches. Therefore, the methods of history were mainly used in this article. Investigating the data from the official documents helped to understand the government’s policy in school education in Uzbekistan. The articles and books written by researchers were main resources for uncovering the specific characters in Finnish school education system. Historical background of Finnish school management system might help to understand how Finnish experience can solve problems of school education system in Uzbekistan. The article analyses whether the outcomes of recent reforms in school education in Uzbekistan might tackle the issues of implementing Finnish experience in this area. Furthermore, it suggests that giving more authority for schools and teachers like in Finland might be a solution for some problems of Uzbek school management system. However, final results might be related to people’s societal worldview about education which includes the reputation of teachers in society. Keywords: School administration, educational management, educational quality assessment, teacher training, school finance, teaching language. areas of this test – mathematics, reading and science – Introduction: Education system is the foundation for Finns ranked highest among OECD (Organization for the development of any society. Countries with quality Economic Co-operation and Development) countries education have also achieved economic growth. (Sahlberg, 2015). Remarkably, they achieved these Individuals who receive quality education can access results without extra courses, tutoring, or homework, well-paying professions, contributing to the country's sparking worldwide interest in the Finnish education development by reducing poverty and unemployment. system. Experts from various countries visited Finland Examining the education systems of economically to uncover the secrets of its success. developed countries reveals numerous achievements Literature review in this field. However, some countries, even if not among the economically developed, can serve as Two types of literature were used to compare the exemplary models in education. Finland is one such education system of Uzbekistan and Finland. Official country. On December 4, 2001, the PISA (Program for documents provided a basis for evaluating Uzbekistan’s International Student Assessment) test results from current education system, including the Constitution of Finnish students drew global attention. In all three the Republic of Uzbekistan, laws from the Oliy Majlis American Journal Of Social Sciences And Humanity Research 32 https://theusajournals.com/index.php/ajsshr American Journal Of Social Sciences And Humanity Research (ISSN: 2771-2141) (Parliament of Uzbekistan), decrees and decisions from these two countries. the President, and decisions from the Cabinet of The table primarily includes general characteristics of Ministers (The Constitution of the Republic of education, with additional differences in class Uzbekistan, 2023; Oliy Majlis, 2019, 2020; The organization and the perspectives of teachers and President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, 2020; the students in both educational systems. Below, the Cabinet of Ministers, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021; Statistics aspects listed in the table are discussed in more detail. Agency, 2023). Education system management The evaluation of the Finnish education system was The highest organization in the field of education in the based on research by scientists who studied Finnish Republic of Uzbekistan is the Cabinet of Ministers. educational practices. Pasi Sahlberg’s book provided According to Article 23 of the Law of the Republic of insights into the Finnish education system (Sahlberg, Uzbekistan ‘On Education’ which entered into force on 2015). Timothy Walker's book, drawing on his September 24, 2020, it was determined that the experience as a teacher in Helsinki, offered additional Cabinet of Ministers leads the competent state bodies information (Walker, 2023). Ilkka Taipale's edited book in the field of education (Oliy Majlis, 2020). The Cabinet also contributed valuable information on social of