How many children went to study in 1st grade in Uzbekistan?

In Uzbekistan today, on September 4, more than 732 thousand children entered the 1st grade.

It is noted that in the 2023/2024 academic year, more than 732 thousand school-age children went to the 1st grade.

There are currently 10,296 schools operating in Uzbekistan. Admission processes for the new school year, Grade 1, began on June 20. Earlier, the Ministry of preschool and school education developed a recommendation and a sample script for holding events “Hello, kindergarten”, “first call”, “Independence lesson” in schools in connection with the beginning of the 2023/2024 academic year.

According to the director of the Republican scientific and methodological Center for the development of Education Vahid Hamidov, now the study will continue based on the interest of each student. Prior to this, students in grades 1 through 11 had received knowledge under the same educational program.