All 6-year-olds to be covered by a one-year school readiness program
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On November 10, the President signed a decree on measures to implement national programs aimed at strengthening human dignity. The document sets out the main directions of a national program that aims to turn knowledge and skills into the main capital of the country's development.
One of the key education goals is to fully cover 6-year-old children with school readiness groups. According to the annex to the decree, the target of bringing the mandatory one-year preparation to 100% coverage is to be achieved by 2027.
Other directions
- preserving existing benefits for non-state preschool organizations and assessing their effectiveness;
- gradually covering all general secondary schools with international assessment programs;
- introducing international education standards in technical colleges and training young people for high-income professions;
- bringing at least 10 higher education institutions into the top 1000 of leading international rankings;
- involving 10 million young people in the digital industry and professions of the future;
- strengthening the status of the Uzbek language as a language of science and technology in the digital environment.
As a reminder, under the Law on Education, preparing children aged 6 to 7 for general secondary education for one year is mandatory. The preparation is carried out within the preschool education system, in kindergartens.
The goal of getting at least 10 universities into the global top 1000 rankings is set for 2030.
Source: Presidential decree
