Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev delivered a speech on the occasion of Youth Day, celebrated on June 30.
According to the president, the conditions being created for youth in the country are already yielding tangible results. Last year, Uzbekistan ranked first in Central Asia in the number of students admitted to the world’s top 500 universities. Today, 30 young men and women are studying at top-10 universities, 500 at top-100, and 1,500 at top-300 institutions.
At the meeting, the president proposed key initiatives aimed at expanding opportunities for the youth.
By Presidential Decree, an International School named after Beruni has been established, where top-performing 8th-grade graduates will receive advanced education in three specialized fields. Additionally, each year, 3,000 of the most promising school students will be selected, including at least 300 from low-income families, to prepare for admission to leading universities such as Harvard, Yale, Columbia, and Cornell.
A new support system will be introduced through the El-Yurt Umidi Foundation for those admitted to prestigious foreign universities who do not receive full scholarships. Quotas in priority fields such as science, technology, energy, architecture, and agriculture will be increased. Commercial banks will begin offering concessional loans of up to $20,000 to young people for study at top-300 universities.
As part of the “Digital Generation: Girls” competition, 120 startup projects in education, artificial intelligence, the green economy, and climate change were selected from among 7,000 schoolgirls and female university students. This year, the project will reach at least 50,000 girls.
Two separate programs have been adopted to support the employment of school graduates and university students. In this regard, Aloqabank and the National Bank have received resources totaling $300 million. Under the “Youth Business” program, 100,000 young people will be employed, while the “Step into the Future” program will provide jobs for 140,000 university graduates.
By the end of the year, the Ministry of Employment, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and the National Bank will launch a digital platform to connect university, technical school, and vocational college graduates with employers.
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