Quality of school textbooks should improve – Sardor Umurzakov

After the relevant instructions of the president regarding school textbooks, Umurzakov held a critical meeting on this issue. 

At the meeting, a working group consisting of representatives of the Presidential Administration, the Ministry of Public Education and the State Inspectorate for Supervision of Quality in Education was formed to carry out a comprehensive inspection of all school textbooks, identify errors and deficiencies in them, and improve their quality.

The Accounts Chamber, the Anti-Monopoly Committee and the Ministry of Public Education were assigned the task of critically reviewing the system of preparation, publication, cost and distribution of textbooks, and introducing a transparent and effective system of state order fulfillment within 1 month.

Reportedly, the need to avoid corrupt schemes in ordering textbooks was emphasized at the meeting. At the moment, the editors are conducting their own investigation in this direction.