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Re: Welcome to Guest Faculty Week- May 23-29, 2014
by Irina Razilova - Thursday, 29 May 2014, 3:27 PM
 

Dear Martha,

Thank you very much for your opinion and comment.  Yes, your critical view should be taken into account, of course. Moreover, other activities of Adult Education non profits are regulated by Government now. In the middle of November 2011 the National Adult Education Forum was held in Tashkent. Representatives of the governmental, state, nongovernmental, private and international organizations took part in this Forum. Two opinions concerning regulation of non-formal sector of Adult Education were faced. According to one point of view, non-formal Adult Education shouldn't be regulated and supervised rigidly. It leads to restriction of possibilities of nongovernmental educational institutions and even to discontinuance of their activities in the market of educational services. Quality of educational services should be regulated by the market, namely – how students of paid courses will react to decrease in quality. Representatives of the state structures objected, bringing as counterargument inadmissibility of decrease in quality of education which will occur without control, and it should worry not only students, but also the society and state as a whole. In spite of the fact that unanimity in this issue has not been reached, the brought up topic is seen to be very important for possible future discussions outside of Forum framework: on pages of mass media and during various conferences and seminars. Anyway, only dialogue at the most different levels between the various organizations is the only way to solve existing problems. In this year, September  we plan to hold next Adult Education National Conference and to continue the  dialog on this theme also.

Thank you again for your time, attention  and recommendations!

With kind wishes,

Irina