Top-performing students will be able to receive interest-free educational loans

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President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev has announced new measures to support youth in obtaining higher and secondary specialized education. Thanks to these initiatives, each low-income family will have at least one person with higher education, especially among women.

Key support measures:

1. Interest-free educational loans
   University, college, and technical school students who achieve high academic performance (at least 80%) will be eligible for interest-free educational loans for the next academic year. This initiative aims to reduce the financial burden on students and their families, enabling them to continue their education without additional debt obligations.
2. Additional grants for low-income families
   Children from low-income families who score at least 80% of the required passing grade for a grant when entering a university, college, or technical school will be provided with additional grants. This will allow many students from socially vulnerable segments of the population to have the opportunity to study, even if they do not fully meet the criteria for a state grant.
3. Grants from financially independent universities
   Financially independent universities will announce grants worth at least 1 billion sums annually. These grants will cover between 20% and 80% of the contract cost for students from low-income families, depending on their academic performance.

Responsibility for coordinating all these programs has been entrusted to Shakhnoza Mirziyoeva, the First Deputy Director of the National Agency for Social Protection. Her tasks also include ensuring quality education for children from low-income families in kindergartens, schools, technical schools, and universities.

These measures are aimed at supporting the youth of Uzbekistan and creating conditions for every child, regardless of social status, to have access to quality education.

The text has been translated by AI. For more accurate information, please refer to the Russian version of the article