NATIONAL TESTING CENTRE · 2008–2026

18 years of objective assessment.

Behind comparable results are trained people, reliable procedures and a national infrastructure. The NTC infographic traces how these foundations support education informed by evidence.

CAPACITY · FIGURES FROM THE NTC POSTER

An infrastructure built around people

55examination centres
60cities and districts with registration points
2 679trained staff selected competitively

The poster describes a common examination process: test development, psychometric review, secure printing and appeals. These are institutional capacity figures, not PISA achievement indicators.

From examination data to placement

Admissions in 2026

According to the infographic, information systems allocate places using results, fields of study and applicants’ preferences. The purpose is a transparent, consistent process across institutions.

130institutions: 42 higher + 88 vocational
1 028fields of study after Grades 9 and 11
6 069combinations of choices

A wider evidence base

PISA 2025 · OECD

The first participation in Dushanbe

The poster lists 6,270 sampled students and 160 institutions in Dushanbe. The participants count differs from other sources; see the Results page for the comparison.

Explore the results →
PIRLS 2026 · IEA

Reading in primary education

6 991fourth-grade students
171institutions
52cities and districts

Operational figures reported in the NTC poster. PIRLS and PISA assess different age groups and must be interpreted separately.

Building the next layer

Psychometrics and item banks

The poster links expertise in item analysis with the foundations for adaptive assessment.

Readiness for AI

Reliable data, analytical skills and clear governance can support future AI applications. This is a direction of development, not evidence that such systems are already deployed.

Historical note: the supplied poster repeats an establishment description at 2008 and 2014. This article does not infer a separate founding event from that repetition.