As previously reported, Tashkent hosts the World Conference on Early Childhood Care and Education (WCECCE).

President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev addressed the conference.

– You are well aware of the wise saying, “Life is a constant learning experience”, the Head of the state said. – Therefore, in the course of democratic reforms in Uzbekistan, we are prioritizing raising the education system to the level of modern requirements. In particular, more than 10,000 secondary schools are currently operating in our country.

In recent years, the number of higher education institutions has increased by almost 2.5 times and reached 186. 31 of them are branches of the world’s leading universities and institutes.  It is worth noting that the university admission quota has increased by 3.5 times and enrollment in higher education increased from 9% to 38%. It is well known that our country, located at the crossroads of the Great Silk Road, has been contributing to the development of world civilization and culture since ancient times.

Famous scholars of our country like Al- Khwarizmi, who founded the concept of algebra and algorithm, Al-Biruni, who laid the foundation of the science of mineralogy, Ibn Sina, a famous medical scientist known in the world as Avicenna, Mirzo Ulugbek, a great astronomer who accurately determined the position and movement of one thousand and eighteen stars, Ahmad Fargani, who created a unique device for measuring the level of the Nile River, made a significant contribution to the development of the First and Second Eastern Renaissance in the Middle Ages with their invaluable works, scientific and creative discoveries.

Speaking about this, it is worth mentioning that in the past more than 300 madrasahs, which were universities of that time, functioned in Bukhara, and about 120 existed in Samarkand.

Since time immemorial, our country has attached great importance to upbringing along with education.

It is well known that the great Uzbek poet and thinker Alisher Navoi promoted the idea of a perfect human being who is harmoniously developed in all aspects, possessing high knowledge and spirituality.

The words of Abdulla Avloni, a great enlightener, famous writer and pedagogue who worked at the beginning of the 20th century: “Education is a matter of either life – or death, either salvation – or destruction, either happiness – or disaster” serve as an important program for us even today.

We are setting the Third Renaissance building in our country as a strategic task and bringing it up to the level of a national idea.

UzA