Shokir Tursun
Shokir Tursun is a prominent educator and one of the authors of the national curriculum for the Uzbek language in Uzbekistan. He has recently been in the news for expressing concerns over the inclusion of all 14 presidential schools in the 2025 PISA research, arguing that this could artificially enhance the results and compromise the representativeness of the study, as these schools represent only about 1% of the student population.
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Shokir Tursun was also recommended as an expert by the plaintiffs but was not accepted by the court.
“Haqiqat borligiga ishongan edik” — Maktab ta’limi vazirligini sudga bergan o‘qituvchilar yutqazdi – O‘zbekiston yangiliklari – Gazeta
Uzbekistan· 2025-09-30
Shokir Tursun clarified the significance of replacing foreign terms with Uzbek equivalents.
Muztog‘, o‘ron, yo‘lchiroq va boshqalar. 40 ta xorijiy atama o‘zbekcha muqobillariga almashtirildi – O‘zbekiston yangiliklari – GazetaUzbekistan· 2025-07-31
Shokir Tursun discussed the inclusion of presidential schools in the PISA research and criticized it as an attempt to artificially improve results.
Ijtimoiy tarmoqlarda prezident maktablari ishtirokining PISA tadqiqoti natijalariga ta’siri muhokama qilinmoqda – O‘zbekiston yangiliklari – Gazeta.uzUzbekistan· 2025-05-12
