Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- A presidential decree “On measures to further improve the education system in the field of information technology, development and integration of scientific research with the IT industry” was adopted.

In accordance with the decree, on the basis of existing secondary schools in the regions (cities) of the republic, specialized schools with in-depth study of computer science and information technologies will be gradually created.

According to this, the creation of 14 basic schools has been determined this year, and in 2021-2023 205 specialized schools in the republic.

From the 2020/2021 academic year:

the subject "Informatics and Information Technologies" in schools will be integrated with the curricula of the "One Million Programmers" project;

a system of annual lump-sum remuneration in the 20-fold amount of BRW is being introduced for the 100 best school teachers on the subject of "Informatics and Information Technologies", whose students have successfully completed training courses within the framework of this project.

Until 1 March 2021, the National Teacher Certification System for this subject will be implemented.

Effective from 1 September 2021, teachers of this subject with the appropriate digital proficiency certificate will be paid a monthly premium of 50 percent of their base rate.

From the 2021/2022 academic year, a branch of the Tashkent University of Information Technologies will be established in Tashkent region.