Shavkat Mirziyoyev announces main directions in his campaign program, notes role of education in development

Delegates from the Republic of Karakalpakstan, regions and the city of Tashkent are participating in it. Presidential candidate and the current president, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, is delivering a speech at the event.

At the meeting, Shavkat Mirziyoyev introduced his campaign program. It consists of five strategic objectives.

The first is education, that is, creating suitable conditions for each person to realize their potential.

By 2030, the need for preschool education will be fully met and coverage will reach 100 percent. Kindergartens and schools will be fully supplied with filtered drinking water. In the next 7 years, 2.5 million additional places will be created for students in schools. For this purpose, the program "500,000 student places per year" will be implemented.

Additional concessions will be given for private education. Construction of schools on the basis of public-private partnership will be widely introduced. Primary school children will be fully provided with tablets.

School buses will run free of charge in remote areas. In the next seven years, native teachers of foreign languages will be attracted to all schools from abroad.