Learning Environment – Foundation of Quality Education

The development objective of the Learning Environment : Foundation of Quality Education Project for Tajikistan is to enhance the quality of teaching and learning environments in selected general secondary schools. The project comprises of three components. The first component, develop national framework for teaching and learning environment for better teaching and learning practices objectives are to develop and implement a new national framework for teaching and learning environments and improve teaching practices in the classroom. It consists of following sub-components: (i) developing a new national framework for teaching and learning environment; (ii) working with Agency for Supervision in the Sphere of Education and Science under the President of Tajikistan (ASSES) and Ministry of Education and Science (MoES) to develop the practices and capacity for monitoring and evaluating the teaching and learning environment; and (iii) strengthen teaching practices in the classroom. The second component, improve the quality and resilience of teaching and learning environment’s objective is to improve teaching and learning environments in line with the new national framework in selected schools of Tajikistan, developed under component. The third component, build capacity in education assessments and project management objective is to enhance the country’s expert and institutional capabilities in carrying out national and international assessments, and build the government’s capacity in project management, monitoring and evaluation (M and E). It consists of following sub-components: (i) learning assessments and technical support for participation in program for international student assessment (PISA) and national assessments; and (ii) project management and M and E.