MPE: School administration can encourage students to wear uniform

Despite the delay in the mandatory introduction of school uniforms, the authorities in some schools are encouraging students to buy them.

According to a citizen who contacted Kun.uz, one of the schoolteachers in the Mirabad district of Tashkent city wrote in the Telegram group that school uniforms are mandatory for students.

Laylo Rustamova, press secretary of the Minister of Public Education, who commented on the situation to Kun.uz, said that the school administration and teachers can promote a school uniform. However, if the student does not wear the uniform of the approved model, no one has the right to prevent him from entering the school.

“Having once again familiarized myself with the content of the MPE statement, the procedure for schoolchildren to come to educational institutions in uniforms in the 2022/23 academic year has not been canceled. On the contrary, according to the suggestions and requests of a large number of residents, you are asked to pay special attention to the fact that the full introduction of school uniforms will be implemented step by step by 2025.

At this point, the school team did not invalidate the demand of students to come in school uniform in order to strengthen the ability of students to comply with the dress requirements specified in the school charter, in particular, internal order and rules of etiquette, and to ensure social equality. Full introduction to the practice is being carried out step by step, the arrival of students in school uniforms is under the control of the school management, and parents can be informed and promoted about this,” Laylo Rustamova said.

It should be noted that the introduction of uniforms in schools will be implemented step by step until the 2024/25 academic year, but no information has been given yet about what these steps will be.