Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- The President of the Republic of Uzbekistan declared 2020 the Year of Development of Science, Education and the Digital Economy. This is very symbolic because for further development it is more important than ever to have digital knowledge and modern information technologies.

In accordance with the third direction of the Five Initiatives put forward by the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan - the creation of conditions for the wide and effective use of computer technologies by the population and youth, attracting youth to entrepreneurship in the field of information technology, the Ministry for the Development of Information Technologies and Communications of the Republic of Uzbekistan in cooperation with state authorities continues work on the creation of digital technology training centers throughout the republic.

In the course of the implementation of the Five Initiatives and in order to strengthen the ideological immunity of young people, create conditions for the realization of their creative and intellectual potential, further popularize computer technologies, programming and robotics, computer games and e-sports among young people, improve the system of training specialists in this area in Bagat District In Khorezm region, a Digital Technologies Training Center was opened in compliance with all sanitary and epidemiological requirements.

To create a training center, an empty building of the Khorezm branch of Uzbekiston Pochtasi JSC was selected and completely renovated.

The training center is equipped with modern computer technology. Here for local youth, courses will be organized to teach the basics of digital and computer technologies, e-commerce, programming.

Local youth aged 7 to 30 will improve their computer literacy at the center free of charge. Those who successfully complete the training course will be awarded certificates.