National Quality Assurance Agency for Education

Established on the basis of the Presidential Decree of the Republic of Uzbekistan No. PR-275 dated September 8, 2025, it is a central state body responsible for establishing, developing, and coordinating quality assurance, assessment, and accreditation processes in the country's education system based on international standards.

The primary goal of the Agency is to modernize the education system of Uzbekistan in accordance with international standards, improve the quality of educational services, and ensure efficiency at all levels. To this end, the Agency forms a unified system for the comprehensive assessment of secondary specialized, vocational, higher, and postgraduate educational organizations, their state accreditation, and the implementation of internal and external quality control.

Our Core Values

Independence

Upholding impartiality and institutional independence in all evaluation and decision-making processes.

Fairness and Inclusiveness

Ensuring equality, fairness, and equal opportunities for every institution and individual.

Transparency

Promoting openness in processes and decision-making, and fostering trusted cooperation with educational institutions and society.

Commitment to Quality

Striving for the continuous improvement of education quality and the application of best practices.

Innovative Approach

Embracing innovation, advancing digitalization, and implementing modern technologies in quality assurance processes.

Partnership

Strengthening the quality of education through the development of effective local and international cooperation.

Our Strategy

Developing and implementing national policies and standards for quality assurance in education based on international best practices.

Facilitating the alignment of the National Qualifications Framework and quality assurance systems with internationally recognized standards and platforms.

Conducting systematic evaluations of institutions providing secondary specialized, vocational, higher, and postgraduate education, as well as institutions engaged in professional retraining and advanced training, through Institutional and Program accreditation processes.

Introducing innovative assessment methodologies aimed at enhancing the quality of education.

Strengthening international cooperation and promoting the alignment of the national education system with global standards.

Development of the Quality Assurance Framework in Uzbekistan

A centralized institutional basis for Uzbekistan’s quality assurance framework was established in 2017. By Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers No. 515 of 18 July 2017, adopted pursuant to Presidential Resolution PR-2909 of 20 April 2017, the State Inspectorate for Supervision of Education Quality under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan was organized on the basis of the unit of the State Testing Center responsible for control of training quality, attestation of pedagogical staff, and attestation of educational institutions.

PR-2909 Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers No. 515

The 2017 resolution expressly assigned the Inspectorate key nationwide responsibilities, including implementation of state policy in education quality control, attestation and state accreditation of state and non-state educational organizations irrespective of ownership or departmental affiliation, analysis of compliance with state educational standards and qualification requirements, and related quality monitoring functions. Accordingly, from 2017 onward, Uzbekistan already had a state institution exercising core external quality assurance functions in education.

In substance, this included the functions most relevant to the development of a national quality assurance framework: external review, attestation, state accreditation, evidence collection, and regulatory oversight of education providers. This history is important because it demonstrates that the present accreditation and quality assurance framework did not arise suddenly in 2025, but developed from an already functioning state system.

As part of the broader administrative reforms of New Uzbekistan, the institutional structure changed in 2022. Under Presidential Decree PD-269 of 21 December 2022, the functions and powers of the Inspectorate were redistributed from 1 January 2023 between the Ministry of Preschool and School Education and the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation.

Presidential Decree PD-269

A new phase of institutional consolidation began in 2025. Presidential Decree PD-76 of 5 May 2025 established the National Quality Assurance Agency for Education under the Administration of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan. The Decree defines the purpose of the reform as establishing mechanisms for external evaluation of education and research organizations and improving the quality of education services. It further identifies the Agency as the body responsible for external evaluation of education organizations across relevant sectors, development and improvement of quality assessment criteria and methods with reference to international standards and advanced foreign practice, expansion of international cooperation, membership in international quality assurance organizations, and securing international recognition of the national accreditation system.

Presidential Decree PD-76

This continuity is also consistent with the subsequent regulatory development of the accreditation system. The 2025 Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers No. 498 introduced the system of comprehensive and special state accreditation for secondary specialized, vocational, higher, postgraduate, retraining, and upskilling organizations, and placed the Agency at the center of accreditation-related regulation, registers, monitoring, and recognition procedures.

Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers No. 498

Core Competencies of the Agency

External assessment

A mechanism for conducting an objective and systematic external audit of the activities of educational organizations.

Accreditation

Implementation of Institutional and program accreditation processes based on international standards.

Quality monitoring

Continuous analysis of the quality of educational services and determination of the development trajectory.

International cooperation

Integration with international quality assurance networks and exchange of experience.

Regulatory control

Development and implementation of regulatory documents in the field of quality assurance in education.

Recognition processes

Strategy for achieving international recognition of national accreditation results.

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