Education in West Central Asia is a comprehensive critical reference guide to education in Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. With chapters written by an international team of leading regional education experts, the book explores the education systems of each country and examines the development of education provision in both local and global contexts. Including a comparative introduction to the issues facing education in the region as a whole and guides to available online datasets, this is an essential reference for researchers, scholars, international agencies and policy-makers at all levels.