Assessment of Higher Education: Tajikistan

Abstract

Separation from the Soviet Union and a subsequent civil war were difficult events for Tajikistan. The economy contracted significantly, one-fifth of the nation’s schools were damaged or destroyed, and the change in the economic system of mandatory work assignments in the Soviet era had large numbers of students abandoning their studies and leaving the country in search of work. Tajikistan managed to overcome these challenges, with enrollment rates returning to near pre-independence levels.