Uzbek president Szawkat Mirzijoev recommended training 1 million young people in robotics, computer games and start-ups all year. The plans are to make digital education to make an additional 500 000 jobs in the IT sector by 2030," informed the president's press service.
During his Tuesday presentation on the improvement of digital education, Mirzijoev stressed the request to make a uniform education system, covering both skills acquisition and certification of qualifications and occupation search.
According to a communication published on the Uzbek President's website, the aim is to train around 5.5 million young people in fixed and distant mode by 2030.
The authorities in Tashkent intend to grow educational programs for students, as well as pool the possible of higher education institutions and private training companies. peculiar emphasis is to be placed on artificial intelligence, microprocessor design, unmanned vehicle technologies and the creation of computer games. It is besides planned to train IT teachers in the field of AI and increase students' access to global courses in these areas.
The authorities besides plan to make a national network of trainers-teachers and to make more fast IT courses. The Digital Youth platform will besides be developed to gather information on education, professional skills, language skills and young people's certifications to aid young people find a job.
According to the president's press service, the goal of creating 300,000 jobs in the IT industry, originally designated for 2030, was already achieved this year. The authorities now want to make another 500,000 posts in 3 years. In 2025, 22 million USD grants were collected for the improvement of the sector; by the end of 2026 this amount is expected to emergence to 60 million dollars and by 2030 to 100 million. Half of the resources raised this year are intended to go to digital education, and the remainder to training and retrofitting centres in areas distant from large cities.
APW, PAP
