As part of the Central Asian International Education Forum (CAIEF 2026), held in Tashkent, Beibitkul Karimova, Chair of the Board and Rector of the Kazakh National Women’s Teacher Training University (QyzPU), held meetings with the heads of higher education institutions in Uzbekistan and signed a number of memoranda aimed at strengthening international cooperation.

                                                                          

Memoranda of cooperation were signed between QyzPU and the A. Qadiri Jizzakh State Pedagogical University, headed by Rector Yuldashev Maksudjon Abdullaevich, Doctor of Science (DSc) and Professor; the Bukhara State Pedagogical Institute, headed by Rector Mamurov Bahodir Bakhshulloevich, Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences and Professor; and the Denov Institute of Entrepreneurship and Pedagogy, headed by Rector Ruziev Oybek Abdimuminovich, Candidate of Economic Sciences and Associate Professor.

                                                                          

The agreements focus on developing modern teaching methodologies in pedagogy, preschool and primary education; expanding academic mobility for students, master’s students, doctoral students and academic staff; implementing joint projects in inclusive education and special pedagogy; conducting international research; and preparing joint scientific publications.

                                                                          

The forum also provided an opportunity for bilateral meetings with professors from Andijan State Pedagogical Institute, Navoi State University of Mining and Technologies, and representatives of other international higher education institutions. The discussions covered research internships for PhD doctoral students and master’s students, joint research in pedagogy and the natural sciences, the development of double-degree programmes, and the integration of modern digital technologies and artificial intelligence into the educational process.

Beibitkul Karimova highlighted the importance of the agreements reached, noting that they would help strengthen the university’s international research and academic partnerships and improve the quality of education.