DECREE

OF PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN

ABOUT MEASURES FOR FURTHER IMPROVEMENT OF THE SYSTEM OF
RETRAINING AND ADVANCED TRAINING OF MANAGERIAL AND PEDAGOGICAL
PERSONNEL IN HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
(Collection of laws of the Republic of Uzbekistan, 2015, № 24, p. 312)
With a view to dramatically improve the quality of training the highly qualified
specialists on the basis of continuous development of professional level and qualification of the
faculty in higher educational institutions, and introduction of improved system of their regular
retraining in accordance with modern requirements:
1. The following shall be considered as the most important directions of further
improvement the system of retraining and advanced training of managerial and pedagogical
personnel in higher educational institutions:
improving on a regular basis the pedagogical and professional level of the faculty in
higher educational institutions, in-depth study by them of legislation norms, the recent advances
in theory, scientific and applied researches, technological progress and innovations on teaching
discipline, as well as modern methods of educational process organization;
radical renewal of qualification requirements, curricula, programmes and methods of
retraining and advanced training of the faculty in higher educational institutions with due
account of widespread introduction of modern high-performance educational and innovative
technologies, and advanced international experience;
acquirement by professors in higher educational institutions and the active introduction
in educational process of modern innovative pedagogical, information and communication
technologies and the global network of Internet, multimedia systems and distance learning
techniques;
raising the level of practical knowledge of foreign languages by the faculty in higher
educational institutions and the wide use of this knowledge for steady growth of their
professional skills in teaching and research activities.
2. Proposal shall be accepted made by the Ministry of Higher and Secondary
Specialized Education, Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Higher Attestation
Commission at the Cabinet of Ministers, other ministries and agencies having under their
supervision the higher educational institutions, to define 15 leading higher educational
institutions in the country as per Annex 1 as the Base higher educational institutions for
organization of retraining and advanced training of managerial and pedagogical personnel in
higher educational institutions in areas of retraining, which have on these directions the
Academic Councils for Doctoral Theses, the highly qualified highly qualified scientific and
pedagogical potential, modern, equipped with necessary methodical, training and laboratory,
information and communication means, and material-technical base.
The main tasks and functions of the Base higher educational institutions shall be set as
following:
organization of constantly operating courses for retraining and advanced training of
managerial and teaching personnel in higher educational institutions on relevant areas of
retraining;
creation of necessary educational, methodical and material-technical base to conduct
training courses at qualitatively high organizational and professional level;
wide attraction of leading professors from higher educational institution and members
of the Scientific Council for Doctoral Theses, as well as highly qualified faculty from other
universities in the country, and foreign experts, educational professionals and practitioners on
contractual basis to conduct classes at courses for retraining and advanced training;
forming the necessary information and reference base in the areas of retraining,
development and introduction in retraining process of modern innovative educational,
multimedia and information and communication technologies;
organization of pedagogical practice for trainees of retraining and advanced training
courses where they shall conduct open lectures and practical classes followed by with discussion
and critical analysis;
taking measures to provide nonresident trainees with accommodation in dormitories of
higher educational institutions for the period of retraining and advanced training.
The rectors of higher educational institutions defined as the Base higher educational
institutions for retraining and advanced training of managerial and pedagogical personnel of
higher educational institutions shall be imposed the personal responsibility for organization of
the retraining on high quality level.
3. The procedure shall be established in accordance with which:
managerial and pedagogical personnel of higher educational institutions in the country,
regardless of their departmental affiliation, are required on regular basis, at least once in three
years, to undergo retraining and advanced training in relevant areas of retraining on permanent
courses at Base higher educational institutions as per Annex 1;
retraining and advanced training courses shall be arranged for two months on off-the-
job conditions under the special programs for 288 hours, developed on the basis of updated
Model structure of retraining curriculum for managerial and pedagogical personnel in higher
educational institutions, as per Annex 2;
upon completion of training, the trainees are subject to certification held by
Certification commissions established in each Base higher educational institution and headed its
rector or the President of Academic Council for Doctoral Theses composed of at least 7 people
from among the leading scientists and specialists in their respective fields, members of the
Academic Council, the major specialists in the field of educational and methodical work;
trainees who successfully went through the certification, shall be issued the
Qualification certificate as per Annex 3, which is the nationally recognized document of strict
reporting;
managerial and pedagogical personnel of higher educational institutions who failed to
pass the certification after the retraining and advanced training courses must within the set
deadlines go through the repeated retraining and certification;
if the managerial and pedagogical personnel of higher educational institutions fail again
to pass the re-certification they will lose the right to perform teaching activity in higher
educational institutions and at the main place of their employment their labor contract shall be
terminated;
pedagogical personnel successfully passed the certification after undergoing the training
and advanced training courses have the priority right at competition for vacant teaching positions
in the relevant field;
trainees who undergo the retraining and advanced training courses in Base higher
educational institutions shall remain employed for the whole period of training on their position
at the main place of employment and the average salary.
 Organization the activity of constantly operating courses for retraining and advanced
training of managerial and pedagogical personnel of higher educational institutions shall be
started from September 1, 2015.
4. Ministry of Higher and Secondary Specialized Education shall before 1 August 2015
ensure the development and approval in established procedure of updated qualification
requirements, curricula and programs of retraining and advanced training of pedagogical
personnel of higher education institutions, with due account of Model structure of curriculum for
retraining course of managerial and pedagogical personnel of higher educational institutions, as
well as modern requirements.
5. In order to ensure clear and effective coordination of works on organization of
processes of retraining and certification of managerial and pedagogical personnel of higher
educational institutions in the country, there shall be established the permanent Inter-agency
Commission under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan with imposing on it of
the following tasks:
organization of all work and ensuring proper control over implementation of the
provisions on further improvement of the system of retraining and advanced training of
managerial and pedagogical personnel of higher educational institutions envisaged in this
Decree, paying the special attention to increasing of interest among faculty members in continual
growth of their professional skills in accordance with modern requirements;
coordination the activity of Base higher educational institutions on organization of
retraining and advanced training of managerial and pedagogical personnel of higher educational
institutions, providing assistance in further development and strengthening of their educational-
methodical and material-technical base;
organization of work for continuous improvement with due account of modern
requirements, curricula and programs of retraining and advanced training of pedagogical
personnel of higher educational institutions in the areas of retraining;
for sustainable regulation of the process of retraining of pedagogical personnel,
profession-oriented chairs of higher educational institutions, the faculty of which are undergoing
the retraining and advanced training in the relevant fields of retraining, shall be attached to the
specific Base higher educational institutions, meaning the establishment of regular relations
between the Base higher educational institutions and the relevant professional chairs in higher
educational institutions of the country;
forming and approval of the composition of Certification Commissions in Base higher
educational institutions for organization of retraining and advanced training of management and
pedagogical personnel of higher education institutions, with mandatory annual hearing of their
reports and, if necessary, changing their composition.
6. To agree with proposal of the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Higher and
Secondary Specialized Education of the Republic of Uzbekistan on increasing for 30% the salary
of Presidents of Certification Commissions at Base higher educational institutions on
organization of retraining and advanced training of managerial and pedagogical personnel.
At this it shall be set up that Presidents of Certification Commissions bear the personal
responsibility for the quality level of certification of managerial and pedagogical personnel who
underwent the retraining and advanced training, and the impartiality, transparence and adherence
to principles at making decisions.
7. The Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan shall within one month adopt
the resolution in pursuance of this Decree envisage in it the following:
 approval of Provisions on retraining and advanced training courses for managerial and
pedagogical personnel of higher educational institutions;
approval of composition of Inter-agency Commission for coordination of works on
organization of processes of retraining and certification of managerial and pedagogical personnel
of higher educational institutions;
measures for strengthening of teaching and methodical, and material and technical base
in Base higher educational institutions, for equipping them with modern information and
communication technologies and technical means of training.
8. Control over execution of this Decree shall be imposed on the Prime Minister of the
Republic of Uzbekistan Sh.M.Mirziyoyev.

President of the Republic of Uzbekistan I. KARIMOV

Tashkent city,
12 June 2015,
№ UP-4732
 ANNEX 1
to the Presidential Decree of the Republic of Uzbekistan № UP-4732 dated 12 June 2015
LIST
of Base higher educational institutions for organization of retraining and advanced training
of managerial and pedagogical personnel of higher educational institutions by the areas of
retraining
№ Name of the Base higher educational institutiion Area of retraining
1. Tashkent State Technical University Energy
Metallurgy
Land transport system
and their operation
Electronics and
instrumentation
Metrology,
standardization and
quality management
products
Automation and control
of technological
processes and
productions
Mining
Geology, prospecting and
exploration of mineral
deposits
Development and
exploitation of oil and
gas fields
Mechanical engineering,
equipment and
automation of
engineering industries
Technological machines
and equipment
Technology of oil and oil
and gas processing
Organization of
transportation and
transport logistics
Air traffic control
2. Tashkent University of Information Technologies Mathematical and
software support of
information systems
Computer science and
information technology
 Information security
Computer graphics and
design
Telecommunications
technology
Television technology
Technology of special
illumination
Technology of post
communication
Information and library
science
Radio-electronic
equipment and systems
Computer technology
and Informatics
3. National University of Uzbekistan Math
Natural Sciences
Psychology
Sociology
Philosophy
Journalism
History
Philology
4. Tashkent State Agrarian University Agronomy
Agrochemistry and soil
science
Plant protection and
quarantine
Selection and seed
breeding of agricultural
crops
The technology of
storage and primary
processing of agricultural
products
Animal science
Land management and
land cadastre
Sericulture
Forestry work and
gardening of settlements
Horticulture and
viticulture
Mechanization of
agriculture
 Veterinary
5. Tashkent Chemistry and Technology Institute Chemical engineering
Biotechnology
Food safety
Food technology
6. Ташкентскийгосударственныйпедагогическийуниверситет Teaching methodology of
STEM disciplines and
natural sciences
Fine arts and engineering
graphics
Pedagogy and
psychology
Music education
Uzbek language and
literature
Native language and
literature (by languages)
Preinduction military
education
The national idea,
principles of spirituality
and law education
Primary education
Preschool education
Defectology
Pedagogical technologies
and pedagogical skills
7. Uzbek State University of World Languages Philology and foreign
languages learning
Theory and practice of
translation
8. Tashkent Institute of Textile and Light Industry Designing and
technology of light
industry products
Primary processing
technology of natural
fibers
Technological machines
and equipment
Technology and
development of light
industry products design
Technology of printing
and packaging
production
9. Tashkent State Economic University Economics
 Management
Marketing
Finance
Banking
Taxes and taxation
Accounting and audit
World economy and
international economic
relations
Insurance
Economics and sociology
of labour
Tourism
10. Tashkent Institute of Architecture and Construction Architecture
Construction of buildings
and structures
Production of
construction materials,
products and structures
Operation of
transportation facilities
Motor roads and airports
Architectural and
planning organization of
rural areas
Geodesy, cartography
and cadastre
11. Tashkent Medical Academy General Medicine
Pediatrics
Preventive medicine
Dentistry
Pharmacy (by types)
Industrial pharmacy
Higher nursing
Military medicine
12. Uzbek State Institute of Physical Culture Physical education and
physical culture
Sports activity
13. Uzbek State Institute of Arts and Culture Art of music composition
Art history
Acting skills
Stage direction
Conducting
Vocal and instrumental
performance
Painting, design,
 drawing, sculpture
Choreography
Film and TV camera
Folk art
14. Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Land Reclamation Use of water energy of
irrigation systems
Water economy and land
reclamation
Mechanization of water
and land reclamation
works
Operation of hydraulic
structures and pumping
stations
Use of hydraulic
structures and pumping
stations
15. Tashkent State Law University Jurisprudence
Law science
 ANNEX 2
to the Presidential Decree of the Republic of Uzbekistan № UP-4732 dated 12 June 2015
MODEL STRUCTURE
of curriculum of retraining course for managerial and pedagogical personnel of higher
educational institutions
Distribution of
№ Training modules
academic load
1. The legal framework of higher education 5%
2. Advanced educational technologies and pedagogical skills 15%
The use of information and communication technologies in the
3. 10%
educational process
4. Practical course of foreign language 15%
5. Fundamentals of systems analysis and decision-making 10%
6. Special disciplines 30%
7. Teaching practice 10%
8. Qualification certification 5%
Total 100%
Notes:
1. The length of retraining course is: 288 hours (2 months)
2. In model structure of curriculum were set the average indicators of academic load distribution by the
modules.
3. The curricula of specific retraining areas are developed with due account of sector specifics (deviations
for more than 5 % are admissible under the agreement with the Ministry of Higher and Secondary Specialized
Education of the Republic of Uzbekistan).
4. Curricula of retraining courses shall be approved by the Ministry of Higher and Secondary Specialized
Education of the Republic of Uzbekistan for the period not exceeding 3 years.
 ANNEX 3
to the Presidential Decree of the Republic of Uzbekistan № UP-4732 dated 12 June 2015
State Emblem
of the Republic of Uzbekistan

Republic of Uzbekistan

QUALIFICATION CERTIFICATE

of retraining

MA №

_______________________________________________________________
(Full name of a teacher/professor)

from (dd/mm/yy) ______________________________________ to (dd/mm/yy) ________________

in _____________________________________________________________________
(Name of the retraining educational institution)

planned for ____ hours ___________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________
(Name of retraining course)

has undergone the retraining course, _____________________________________________

and defended the qualification work on the topic ___________________________________________

the alumni was evaluated by the Certification Commission and was awarded the score ___________________.

Seal

Rector _____________

President of the Certification

Commission ___________

Date _______________ Registration number __________________

 QUALIFICATION CERTIFICATE
on retraining of nationally recognized form
(description)
Qualification certificate on retraining and advanced training shall be printed in offset
method on white paper of A4 format with use of five colors: black for the text; green, vlue and
red for pictures; and light pink for the background.
On the left side of the sheet with space from the edge for 10 mm is placed the tape of 32
mm width with the image of National Flag of the Republic of Uzbekistan. On top of the tape is
placed the State Emblem with of 30 mm diameter, and in the lower part — an eight-pointed star
formed of two combined squares with a size of 35 mm, and in the centre of this star there is a
white circle of 25 mm diameter for the seal.
On remaining part of the sheet on top are printed words on the state language in Latin
script "O'ZBEKISTON RESPUBLIKASI. Qayta tayyorlash MALAKA ATTESTATI". The
certificate is provided with a sequence number of two Latin letters MA and six-digit number. The
entire text is printed on a light pink background of patterned raster.
The Certificate has the six-time protection using:
two printing methods — offset and high;
bright colors to complicate the photocopying;
patterned raster;
generating different colors by using the colored raster grids;
special paper;
sequence number of changing digits.