Seven national programs 'for raising human dignity' for 2027–2031 approved

Seven programs and their directions

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, by a decree of November 10, approved seven national programsaimed at 'raising human dignity,' covering 2027–2031. As Gazeta.uz reports, the programs cover the development of education, healthcare and the economy, the preservation of natural resources, strengthening the independence of the courts and the rule of law, safeguarding the interests of the mahalla, as well as continuing a peace-oriented policy.

Education: specific deadlines

The program on turning knowledge and skills into the main capital of development provides for the full coverage of six-year-old children with school preparation groups, preserving benefits for non-state preschool organizations, gradually covering all schools with international assessment programs, introducing international educational standards in technical colleges, placing at least 10 universities in the top 1000 of prestigious international rankings, attracting 10 million young people to the digital industry and professions of the future, and strengthening the status of the Uzbek language as a language of science and technology in the digital environment.

Deadlines and the current norm

Kun.uz provides details of the deadlines from the annex to the decree: 100 percent coverage of six-year-old children with one-year mandatory school preparation is planned to be achieved in 2027, and the entry of at least 10 universities into the top 1000 of rankings — by 2030. The outlet recalls that under the current law 'On Education,' one-year preparation for general secondary education of children aged 6 to 7 is mandatory and is carried out within the preschool system — in kindergartens. Thus, the decree does not introduce a new norm on the mandatory nature of preparation, but sets the task of bringing its actual coverage to full.

Other areas: key benchmarks

The healthcare program includes raising government spending on public health to 5% of GDP, transitioning to a preventive model of health protection, covering all households with the republican state medical insurance system, and attracting at least five well-known world clinics to strengthen competition in specialized medical care. The economic program sets goals to attract $450 billion in foreign investment, raise GDP to $300 billion, create 2 million high-income jobs in industry, and raise GDP per capita above $10,000. The water resources program provides for 100 percent coverage of irrigated areas with water-saving technologies and raising the level of greening in the centers of districts and cities to 30%. Separate programs concern strengthening the independence of the courts, turning the mahalla into the main commissioner of development (with a 30-day deadline for making well-grounded decisions on mahalla requests), and raising Uzbekistan's authority, including chairmanship of the Non-Aligned Movement in 2027–2030.