Editing Uzbekistan (section)

=== Education ===
{{main|Education in Uzbekistan}}
Uzbekistan has a high [[literacy rate]], with 99.9% of adults above the age of 15 being able to read and write.<ref>{{cite web|date=27 November 2016|title=Uzbekistan|url=http://uis.unesco.org/en/country/uz|access-date=5 January 2021|website=uis.unesco.org|archive-date=28 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128044605/http://uis.unesco.org/en/country/uz|url-status=live}}</ref> However, with only 76% of the under-15 population currently enrolled in education (and only 20% of the 3–6 year olds attending pre-school), this figure may drop in the future. Students attend school Monday through Saturday during the school year, and education officially concludes at the end of the 11th grade.

Uzbekistan has encountered severe budget shortfalls in its education programme. The education law of 1992 began the process of theoretical reform, but the physical base has deteriorated and curriculum revision has been slow. Corruption within the education system is rampant, with students from wealthier families routinely bribing teachers and school executives to achieve high grades without attending school, or undertaking official examinations.<ref>Kozlova, Marina (21 January 2008) [http://chalkboard.tol.org/uzbekistan-lessons-in-graft Uzbekistan: Lessons in Graft] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120608053517/http://chalkboard.tol.org/uzbekistan-lessons-in-graft |date=8 June 2012 }}. Chalkboard.tol.org</ref>

Several universities, including [[Westminster International University in Tashkent|Westminster University]], [[Turin University]], [[Management Development Institute of Singapore in Tashkent|Management University Institute of Singapore]], Bucheon University in Tashkent, [[TEAM University Tashkent|TEAM University]] and [[Inha University Tashkent]] maintain a campus in Tashkent offering English language courses across several disciplines. The Russian-language high education is provided by most national universities, including foreign [[Moscow State University]] and [[Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas]], maintaining campuses in Tashkent. As of 2019, [[Webster University]], in partnership with the Ministry of Education (now Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation), has opened a graduate school offering an MBA in Project Management and a MA in Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL).

There are three Islamic institutes and an academy in Uzbekistan. They are [[Tashkent islamic institute]], [[Mir Arab high school]], [[School of hadith knowledge]], [[International islamic academy of Uzbekistan]].{{citation needed|date=May 2023}}