Mirziyoyev: Education Must Prepare Schoolchildren for Careers and Life
Uzbekistan
President Shavkat Mirziyoyev met teachers and mentors at New Uzbekistan University ahead of Teachers and Mentors Day. He congratulated educators on their professional holiday and outlined further priorities for improving education quality, updating textbooks and preparing school graduates for independent life.
The President described teachers as a “river of compassion,” a “spring of goodness” and a “sun of enlightenment,” emphasizing their role in educating the younger generation. He also announced that a presidential decree had been signed to recognize representatives of education and science, including teachers, entrepreneurs and foreign partners contributing to the sector’s development.
A proposal was also made to establish a separate state award named after Jadid educator Abdulla Avloni to recognize outstanding teachers across all levels of education. The first recipients are expected to be announced and honored ahead of next year’s Teachers and Mentors Day.
Over the past decade, kindergartens with 1.8 million places and schools with 1.5 million places have been built, while more than 10,000 educational institutions have been modernized. The President stressed, however, that alongside infrastructure and facilities, the content of education remains decisive.
Work on new-generation textbooks began in 2018. The experience of countries including Finland and Singapore was studied, and 324 textbooks were updated this year alone with the involvement of more than 400 specialists. The President has also emphasized that new educational materials should develop independent thinking, practical skills and the ability to apply knowledge.
The new textbooks are designed to promote national values, love for the homeland, environmental awareness and responsible use of water, while developing digital and financial literacy, interest in future professions, and independent and critical thinking. The updating of textbooks for grades 8–11 is expected to be completed by 2030.
Education reforms are also reflected in students’ achievements. This year, talented students won 228 medals at major academic Olympiads, including 38 gold, 82 silver and 108 bronze. The number of students obtaining foreign-language and subject certificates while still at school reached 100,000. Nearly 5,000 graduates achieved the highest scores in university admissions.
Over five years, the number of teachers holding international and national certificates increased from 29,000 to 143,000, while the shortage of teachers in schools fell threefold. Currently, 40,000 teachers earn more than $1,000 a month, while another 1,500 earn more than $2,000. The 208 district and city winners of the “Teacher of the Year” competition received 616 million soums each.
The President stressed that school graduates should enter adult life having acquired both a language and a profession. School principals were urged to pay closer attention to the languages and professions students are learning and to what skills they will have upon graduation. A commission will be established to prepare young people for careers from school age and ensure continuity between education levels. New solutions are expected within three months.
A proposal was also made to establish a separate state award named after Jadid educator Abdulla Avloni to recognize outstanding teachers across all levels of education. The first recipients are expected to be announced and honored ahead of next year’s Teachers and Mentors Day.
Over the past decade, kindergartens with 1.8 million places and schools with 1.5 million places have been built, while more than 10,000 educational institutions have been modernized. The President stressed, however, that alongside infrastructure and facilities, the content of education remains decisive.
Work on new-generation textbooks began in 2018. The experience of countries including Finland and Singapore was studied, and 324 textbooks were updated this year alone with the involvement of more than 400 specialists. The President has also emphasized that new educational materials should develop independent thinking, practical skills and the ability to apply knowledge.
The new textbooks are designed to promote national values, love for the homeland, environmental awareness and responsible use of water, while developing digital and financial literacy, interest in future professions, and independent and critical thinking. The updating of textbooks for grades 8–11 is expected to be completed by 2030.
Education reforms are also reflected in students’ achievements. This year, talented students won 228 medals at major academic Olympiads, including 38 gold, 82 silver and 108 bronze. The number of students obtaining foreign-language and subject certificates while still at school reached 100,000. Nearly 5,000 graduates achieved the highest scores in university admissions.
Over five years, the number of teachers holding international and national certificates increased from 29,000 to 143,000, while the shortage of teachers in schools fell threefold. Currently, 40,000 teachers earn more than $1,000 a month, while another 1,500 earn more than $2,000. The 208 district and city winners of the “Teacher of the Year” competition received 616 million soums each.
The President stressed that school graduates should enter adult life having acquired both a language and a profession. School principals were urged to pay closer attention to the languages and professions students are learning and to what skills they will have upon graduation. A commission will be established to prepare young people for careers from school age and ensure continuity between education levels. New solutions are expected within three months.
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