In Uzbekistan, as in the rest of the world, the population is still infected with the coronavirus. Unfortunately, compared to last year, this disease is increasingly spreading among schoolchildren.

The Ministry of Public Education announced preparations for the continuation of hybrid learning in schools in the new 2021/2022 academic year. The head of the Press Service of the Ministry of Public Education Laylo Rustamova announced this at a briefing held at the Agency of Information and Mass Communications under the Administration of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Depending on the quarantine situation at school, at the suggestion of the Service of Sanitary and Epidemiological Welfare and Public Health, by the decision of local Councils, some schools may be closed and transferred to a remote form of education. In such cases, students will temporarily continue their education online. The broadcast of video lessons on TV channels of the National TV and Radio Company under the Online School project will continue in the new academic year to create opportunities for distance learning.

“The Ministry of Public Education asks all employees of the system to get vaccinated as soon as possible to fully restore traditional education”, says Laylo Rustamova. – No modern system of distance learning can replace traditional education at school.

Fayzullo Yakhyoyev, UzA