In his Address to Oliy Majlis and the people of Uzbekistan, President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev proposed to name 2021 the Year of Youth Support and Public Health.
He also noted the tasks to be carried out to radically reform and further develop the areas identified by the President in the name of 2021.
In particular, information was provided on the innovations that will be introduced in the system of higher and secondary special education next year:
– From next year, the number of state grants for higher education will be increased by at least 25%;
– The number of grants for girls from needy families for admission to higher education will be doubled to 2,000;
– Special scholarships will be introduced for girls with excellent grades who need social protection;
– 65 academic lyceums will be transferred to higher education institutions;
– 187 technical schools will be attached to related universities and industry enterprises in their field;
– The number of young people sent to study for master’s and doctoral degrees at leading foreign universities through the El-Yurt Umidi Foundation will be increased by 5 times;
– 30 leading universities will be given the right to develop curricula, admission quotas and independently address financial issues;
– “ Physics “ and “Foreign Language Teaching “ were identified as priority science areas for the next year.
Source: EDU.uz.