Uzbekistan to double grants for education

AKIPRESS.COM - Education grants will be doubled, President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev said in his state of the nation address today. The number of subjects not related to chosen vocation will be halved, the President said.
"Analysis finds 30% of disciplines are not related to studied profession. Universities need to transfer to credit hours system and to introduce the national testing system for the native tongue. Any students will be able to take it any time," the President said.
Ten universities will sustain their costs on their own since 2020. Five universities were chosen for transformation on the basis of the world's best practices, the President said.
More than 700 researchers and teachers will be sent for training and fellowships abroad, he added.
The actions will be taken for a broad development of applied sciences in 2020, including math, chemistry, biology, geology. Necessary conditions will be created for researchers, the President promised.