Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev got acquainted with the presentation of plans to develop and improve the quality of school education.

In the Strategy “Uzbekistan – 2030”, reforms of the educational system are identified as a priority task. The transformations affect not only general education institutions, but also specialized educational institutions. In particular, there are 14 Presidential schools, 9 creative schools and 182 specialized schools in our country.

Based on the experience of past years and modern requirements, it is planned to improve the areas of these educational institutions.

In particular, it is proposed to introduce engineering programs on an experimental basis in the specialized school named after Mirzo Ulugbek in cooperation with the Technical University of Munich. This program will be integrated with the New Uzbekistan University program and students who have accumulated enough “credits” at the school will be able to continue their studies in the second year of the university.

To widely use the capabilities of highly qualified teachers, public “academic councils” will be created under the Agency of Presidential Educational Institutions. These councils will be involved in developing curriculum, improving the assessment system, and improving the professional skills of teachers.

Plans were also announced for the introduction of teaching in English in 14 schools from the beginning of the next academic year and the construction of 8 new specialized schools in 2025-2026.

There are also proposals for creative schools. In particular, they will organize master classes with the participation of famous writers and public figures. The publication of students’ creative works will be organized at the expense of the Writers’ Union. Various competitions will be held to support talented youth.

Subject Olympiads play an important role in improving the quality of education. In recent years, thanks to the introduction of a system of worthy rewards for winners, the desire for knowledge has increased. Schoolchildren participating in the “Big Five” international subject Olympiads began to win medals twice as often. Our country hosted international Olympiads named after Al-Fergani, Beruni and Mendeleev.

In order to raise this work to a new level, it is proposed to create a Center for preparing students for subject Olympiads. Leading scientists and foreign specialists will be involved in it; each student will be purposefully trained according to an individual development program.

A system of rewarding the leader of the national team will be introduced based on the final results of participation in international Olympiads. A unified calendar of Olympiads and a training system covering all subject Olympiads are being created. Additional psychological training and joint training camps with other teams will be added to the training program.

The presentation also discussed the issue of introducing a transparent and objective system for assessing student knowledge. Nowadays, knowledge assessment differs in different schools, as does the level of questions on exam papers. According to the requirements of international testing, the complexity of all question options must be the same.

Therefore, it is proposed to assess students’ knowledge at final school exams on the basis of uniform test materials. Examination tasks will be translated into written and practical forms, a procedure for checking answers through a special platform will be introduced, and questions will be regularly updated.

Another important innovation is that during final school exams, students will be given the opportunity to choose a subject that corresponds to the entrance examinations to higher education institutions.

The head of state gave instructions on taking the general secondary education system to a new level and ensuring its harmony with higher education.

Special attention at the presentation was paid to issues of broad promotion of culture in education and other areas. The need to develop a love for art in the younger generation, starting from school and higher educational institutions, is emphasized.

In this regard, it is proposed that instead of the subject “Fine Arts and Drawing”, the curricula of creative schools include the subject “Art”, which will cover not only drawing, but also painting, handicrafts, cinematography, sculpture and design.

The importance of interaction between university structures responsible for cultural issues and the Ministry of Culture, bringing to youth the heritage of the art of maqom, bakhshi and theater was noted.

In addition, ensembles will be created at large enterprises and clusters, and concerts and cultural days will be held in mahallas and schools.