Faculty of In-Service Training and Retraining
Active since 1999, the faculty provides in-service training for the special-subject teachers and industrial training instructors of vocational colleges.
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History
The faculty works under Order No. 57 of the Ministry of Higher and Secondary Specialised Education of 19 February 1999, “On the professional development and retraining of personnel”, and the university's Order No. 26-u of 4 March 1999.
Annex 2 to Cabinet of Ministers Resolution No. 400 of 4 October 2001 authorised the faculty to train special-subject teachers and industrial training instructors of vocational colleges in two fields: Construction and National Crafts.
Under Annex 2 to Presidential Resolution PQ-1761 of 28 May 2012, “On measures to further improve the system of training qualified teaching staff and supplying secondary specialised and vocational education institutions with such staff”, the faculty trains the special-subject teachers and industrial training instructors of vocational colleges from eight regions:
- the Republic of Karakalpakstan;
- the Samarkand, Jizzakh, Navoi, Bukhara, Khorezm, Kashkadarya and Surkhandarya regions.
Regulations and work plans
Until September 2012 the faculty worked under a regulation drawn up on the model regulation approved by Order No. 76 of the Ministry of Higher and Secondary Specialised Education of 13 April 2006 and adopted by the university's Academic Council.
To implement Cabinet of Ministers Resolution No. 242 of 10 August 2012, “On measures to further improve the system of professional development and retraining of managerial and teaching staff of secondary specialised and vocational education institutions”, a new faculty regulation was drawn up on the model regulation in Annex 1 to that resolution and approved by decision of the Academic Council; the faculty works under it.
An action plan implementing Resolution PQ-1761 and Resolution No. 242 was drawn up under the rector's Order No. 114-u of 26 June 2012. It concentrates on training teaching staff for vocational colleges and on their professional development.
The faculty's annual work plan and its plan of cultural and educational activities are approved by the rector. Presidential decrees and resolutions, Cabinet of Ministers resolutions and ministry orders on the professional development of vocational college teachers are implemented through measures drawn up by the faculty and discussed by the university's Academic and Methodological Council.
Training plan for 2019
For 2019 the faculty planned two courses in Building and Structure Construction for the special-subject teachers and industrial training instructors of vocational colleges — 1–28 March and 1–27 April, 25 trainees each, 50 in all. By region:
- Samarkand region — 25 (15 in March, 10 in April);
- Kashkadarya region — 9 (4 and 5);
- Surkhandarya region — 8 (3 and 5);
- Republic of Karakalpakstan — 3 (1 and 2);
- Khorezm region — 3 (1 and 2);
- Jizzakh region — 2 (1 and 1).
Professional development of teaching staff (2020)
To implement Presidential Decree PF-5789 of 27 August 2019, “On introducing a system of continuous professional development for the managerial and teaching staff of higher education institutions”, Presidential Resolution PQ-3290 of 26 September 2017, “On further improving the system of targeted preparation of candidates for admission to higher education institutions”, and Cabinet of Ministers Resolution No. 797 of 23 September 2019, “On additional measures to further improve the system of professional development of the managerial and teaching staff of higher education institutions”, 131 members of the university's teaching staff were scheduled to attend retraining and professional development courses at the head scientific and methodological centres during 2020. By month:
- February — 14; March — 6; April — 39;
- May — 5; June — 10;
- September — 11; October — 33; November — 4; December — 9.
