Tashkent, May 9 -- There's no clear decision yet on whether scholarships will increase in Uzbekistan's higher education institutions. Deputy Minister Shohrukh Daliev mentioned this at a press conference in Tashkent on May 8. He pointed out that scholarships haven't increased since the pandemic. The state spends more per student than what students pay.

Determining whether to increase scholarships involves discussions with the financial sector and the Ministry of Finance. The average scholarship amount in Uzbekistan has remained the same since the pandemic, which Deputy Minister Shohrukh Daliev thinks doesn't match the universities' expenses. He mentioned that educating one student costs the state around 12-15 million soums per year, while...