AKIPRESS.COM - Uzbekistan will take part in PISA for the second time, with World Bank's support. Pilot testing for PISA-2025 is scheduled for this May, and education specialists are currently familiarizing themselves with the methodology, Gazeta.uz reported.

The country plans to participate in the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) for the second time in 2025. Assistance will again be provided by the World Bank, the Bank's press service reported.

Uzbekistan first joined the PISA study, organized by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), in 2022. The test assesses knowledge and skills of 15-year-old students from more than 80 countries in mathematics, reading, and science.

Uzbekistan's Ministry of Preschool and School Education facilitated the participation of over 7,200 students from 200 schools in Uzbekistan in the PISA-2022 testing. Despite the country's low assessment results, the experience helped identify issues within the school system, prompting efforts to improve education quality and student achievement, the World Bank reported.

On April 30, The Ministry of Education, along with the National Research Institute for Professional Development and Teaching New Methodologies to Teachers, the Republican Scientific and Methodological Center for Development of Education, and the World Bank, on April 30 initiated preparations for the PISA-2025 pilot test scheduled for May in Uzbekistan.

During a two-day seminar at School No. 110 in Tashkent, education specialists acquainted themselves with the methodology, tests, and an online platform featuring questions for assessing students' literacy within the PISA-2025 framework.