Education in Uzbekistan
— the latest news

The main stage of first-grade enrolment for the 2026/27 school year runs until 31 July. Applications are filed online, and both the document list and the grounds for refusal are strictly defined.

The Ministry of Preschool and School Education has approved the basic curricula for the 2026/27 school year. The main change: fourth grade gains the subject Computer Science and Information Technology.

The Tashkent Economic Court revoked the license of private kindergarten Rayyan Kids Land. What a license revocation means and how parents can verify a kindergarten's license.

From July 13-17, authorities in Karakalpakstan, Khorezm, Navoi, Fergana, and Bukhara regions temporarily closed kindergartens amid +44…+46°C heat. All kindergartens resumed normal operations on July 20.

The Ministry of Public Education signed a three-year agreement with Australia's Canva — teachers and students can create presentations, posters, and infographics for free without special software.

The first stage — by place of registration, with guaranteed enrolment — closes on 31 July. From 1 to 31 August families may apply to any school, but only where free places remain.

Amendments to six codes and thirteen laws introduce a one-year suspension for teachers found guilty of violence against children, with automatic hiring blocks.

The Potrebitel.uz community has published a rating of Uzbekistan's children's summer camps for April–May 2026, based on 897 positive reviews.

By the start of the 2025/2026 school year the country has 551 private schools — 96 more than a year earlier. Data from the National Statistics Committee.

The British School of Tashkent, part of the Nord Anglia Education group, will open a purpose-built campus for the 2026–2027 academic year, a short distance from its current Sayram site.

Uzbekistan is moving from an 11-year to a 12-year school system. The first compulsory link will be a one-year school-preparation stage, which private schools and kindergartens will also be able to run.

As part of the preschool-education reform, a package of benefits for private kindergartens was presented: subsidies, soft loans, teacher salary compensation and tax relief.