From: Justin Burke (JBurke@sorosny.org)
Date: Thu Oct 12 2000 - 09:59:51 EDT
Uzbeks moot teaching national ideology as educational discipline
Text of report by Uzbek TV on 10th October
An expanded-format collegium was held at the [Uzbek] Higher and Secondary
Specialized Education Ministry today to discuss introducing the discipline
of the main priorities and principles of our national ideology into the
education system.
Our correspondent has the details of the meeting in his report.
[Correspondent, over video of the collegium] We reported yesterday [9th
October] that an Education Ministry meeting on that day also discussed the
introduction of the discipline of the main concepts and principles of our
national ideology into the education system We can say that today's
collegium was a continuation of yesterday's one, as it focused on
discussing the teaching of this discipline in colleges and high schools,
and educational establishments for bachelor's and master's degrees. But we
must admit that the collegium began with a rather more scientific, but
quieter, discussion than the Education Ministry meeting. Although it was
attended by officials from 27 ministries having their own education
systems, institute and university rectors and their deputies, as well as
members of the education intelligentsia, the collegium meeting was
initially lacking in lively discussion. Because the ideas put forward at it
were weak, no sooner had they been voiced than they came under fire.
Meanwhile, almost all the proposals put forward at yesterday's meeting of
school teachers were taken into consideration. Moreover, the majority of
those attending the collegium were said to have been told to draw up their
proposals ten days in advance.
[Deputy Prime Minister Hamidulla Karomatov, shown addressing the meeting]
When we last met a week ago, or rather 10 days ago, they, the rectors, were
asked to inspect educational establishments and communicate their own ideas
of how and in what way this discipline could be introduced into syllabuses
for bachelor's and master's degrees, as what sort of discipline or special
course or under what kind of programme, or based on what kind of
qualification standards.
[Correspondent] The collegium participants livened up at this remark, and a
heated discussion began about ways of introducing our national ideology's
main concepts and principles into the natural and social sciences, and
about what these special courses would look like.
Source: Uzbek Television second channel, Tashkent, in Uzbek 1400 gmt 10 Oct
00
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