On December 4th, the Ministry of higher and secondary special education of the Republic of Uzbekistan organized a video conference dedicated to the implementation of the project “Higher education - a sector without corruption”.

The seminar was organized by the Ministry of higher and secondary special education of Uzbekistan jointly with the General Prosecutor’s office and the Committee on Legal Affairs and Anti-corruption, and the Senate of Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan in the framework of the International day against corruption is celebrated on December 9.

The main purpose of the seminar was to discuss the implementation of a number of regulations, including the Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated May 27, 2019 No. 5729 “On measures to further improve the anti-corruption system in the Republic of Uzbekistan”, as well as the “Road map” for the project “Non-corruption sector” in higher education.

Indeed, based on the Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan No. 5729, the fight against corruption has reached a completely new level, primarily in the education system.

The seminar was attended by senior officials of the Ministry of higher and secondary special education, heads of departments, rectors and vice-rectors of all higher educational institutions of Uzbekistan, representatives of the Prosecutor General’s office of the Republic of Uzbekistan and its Academy. The First vice-rector J.Eltazarov, heads of all departments, general counsel and press secretary of the “Silk Road” International University of Tourism took a part at the video conference.

The participants agreed to implement the tasks set on this important issue and to mobilize all the potential to achieve the goals set in the fight against corruption in the education system.