CLUSTER APPROACH AS A TOOL FOR MODERNIZATION: CONTEXT OF THE SYSTEM OF EDUCATION IN UZBEKISTAN

The article is devoted to the study of the experience of clustering of education in the Republic of Uzbekistan and abroad. The main purpose of the article is to consider the problem of modernization of the education system in the Republic of Uzbekistan from the point of view of the cluster approach and the experience of foreign countries, with some emphasis on the field of teaching foreign languages. The theoretical provisions and results of this study are based on general scientific and special methodological approaches: a systematic approach, methods of expert and logical analysis. In solving some tasks, content analysis of scientific literature, as well as statistical methods of data analysis were used. The author of the article tries to show that the modernization of the education system in the Republic of Uzbekistan requires first a deep study of scientific approaches to such a phenomenon as a "cluster" in foreign countries. Particular attention should be paid to the study of the cluster approach within the framework of the new concept of competitiveness, considering the possibility of creating qualitatively new integrated structures in the field of education. It is revealed that the participation of educational institutions in cluster programs abroad is aimed at the implementation of the innovation and investment component and at the practical integration of the education system into clusters. Despite the fact that the cluster approach is already actively used in relation to some of the leading sectors of the Uzbek economy, clustering processes in the field of education are in their infancy. At the same time, the author, analyzing the foreign experience of developed and developing countries, comes to the conclusion that it is the cluster approach in the field of education that will increase the level of competitiveness of educational institutions in our country.