The President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev addressed with welcoming speech to the delegates of the World Conference on Early Childhood Care and Education which is being held these days in Tashkent.

The President of Uzbekistan emphasized extreme importance of the conference and Tashkent Declaration to be approved as its follow-up along with Obligations on Transforming Early Childhood Care and Education. Considering the above the Head of the State proposed to establish UNESCO  Category II Institute for coordination of actions in field of education in Tashkent, promising to render comprehensive assistance from the Republic’s leadership

UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay also made welcoming address to the delegates.

“Uzbekistan is the country with geography and history that gifted us such world famous cities as Samarkand, Bukhara and Khiva. From the earliest times this country distinguished itself with strive towards scientific knowledge. Avicenna and Al-Khorezmi to whom we owe a tribute for algebra became symbols of this strive.

Therefore, leadership traditions go together with commitment to education. His Excellency President Mirziyoyev prioritizing preschool education and care ensured more than twofold increase of enrollment in preschool education just in several years – from 27% in 2017 to 67% in 2021”, – emphasized Madam Azoulay.