The Prospects of Implementing Finnish Experience in The Field of School Education in Uzbekistan

Abstract

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.