On September 18, Turkmenistan’s Ministry of Education held an official meeting with representatives from the UK’s AQA Global Assessment Services. The delegation included Sean Crowley (Director of International Business Development), Anna Green (Director of Assessment Systems), and Wali Hussein (Regional Advisor), according to the ministry’s website.

Deputy Minister of Education Azat Atayev expressed Turkmenistan’s strong interest in deepening collaboration with AQA, emphasizing the importance of adopting advanced assessment methods to enhance the quality of education.

One of the key areas of focus was modernizing the student graduation assessment system and aligning learning outcomes with the needs of the labor market.

AQA Global has successfully led numerous educational projects around the world, including in Central Asia. The organization offers support in areas such as:

• implementation of national assessment systems;

• supporting reforms in professional standards;

• digitalization of examination systems;

• methodological support in education policy development.

The meeting also covered strategic approaches to educational system planning and analysis based on international standards and data-driven practices.