The UNESCO Tashkent office held a national workshop on ICT competencies standards development for teachers within the Regional Project of UNESCO “Supporting Competency-Based Teacher Trainings Reforms Facilitate ICT-Pedagogy Integration” from 7 to 10 April 2015 in Tashkent region, Uzbekistan.
Participants of this workshop were experts in the field of ICT’s in education and policy-makers of the Ministry of Public Education, Ministry of Higher and Secondary Specialized Education, Centre for Secondary Specialized and Professional Education, Ministry of the Development of ICT’s of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
The first day of the national workshop on 7 April was dedicated to Intel’s ICT Policy Tool, conceptual approaches and worldwide practices. The participants of the workshop followed all four phases of the policy development model: envisioning the future, developing country master plan of transformation of education, implementing programs and initiatives, evaluate and adapt the vision. Participants were asked to examine and discuss options for the development of ICT policy in education in Uzbekistan in addition to theoretical material provided. The trainers paid particular attention to the education transformation to meet the socio-economic needs in Uzbekistan, the key trends and strategies in educational policy development, ensuring resources for implementing the educational policy in Uzbekistan and the conditions of sustainable development of the national education policy. Participants received a detailed guide in printed and electronic versions, exchanged their contacts and ideas, gained new skills to use Intel four-phased policy development model.
The first day of the workshop was held Tatyana Nanayeva, Intel Corporation Ukraine/CIS Corporate Affairs Manager, and Vladimir Ivanov director of the Business Technologies Development Centre (Kyiv).
Detailed information about the Intel ICT Transformation in Educational Policy, please visit Intel Education Transformation Policy Tool (edupolicy.intel.com) and on the English version http://edutransform.org/intel-education-transformation-policy-tool/
Intel Corporation
Intel Corporation is the world’s largest and highest valued semiconductor chip makers, develops technologies, products and initiatives to continually improve the quality of people’s lives and improving their working methods. For more information about Intel Corporation please visit the website www.intel.ru/pressroom on English servers (http://www.intel.eu/).
Business Technologies Development Centre
BTDC is an independent analytical and consulting centre; BTDC mission is to promote the democratic values and support SME development through protecting their legal, economic and other interests in Ukraine and regions. Since 2004 BTDC actively promotes the worldwide charity program Intel ® Teach in Ukraine. Since 2008 BTDC became an official partner of Intel Corporation in Ukraine. For more information about BTDC and its projects please visit the website www.btdc.org.ua