Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) – President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev paid a visit to a specialized boarding school number 9 in the city of Termez.

The buildings of the school, built in 1979, are outdated. Due to the small number of classes, it accommodates only 250 students.

The quality of education, on the contrary, is exemplary. The team can boast of high rates of graduates' admission to universities and specialized schools.

Moreover, new housing is being built around, the number of residents is growing, and therefore the need for school education is growing.

The President stressed that instead of this institution, it is advisable to build a modern school for 1.5 thousand places.

- It is the personnel who implement the goals that our country sets for itself. Until we raise the authority of the teacher and put education on the right track, there will be no results. Therefore, in the next five years, a new National Program for the Repair and Reconstruction of Schools will be adopted, - said Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

The head of state talked with the school teachers. They made suggestions for improving school education and incentivizing teachers.

Measures for the development of the general education system in Surkhandarya region were also discussed here. It is planned to create 96 thousand additional student places in the region. For this, 21 schools and new buildings in 358 schools will be built, and 116 schools will be overhauled. It is planned to organize 19 schools with in-depth study of information technology, mathematics, chemistry and biology.