Uzbekistan plans 500,000 more IT jobs by 2030 under digital education push

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev reviewed a presentation on developing a digital education ecosystem on October 20, the head of state's press service reported. According to the statement, the target of creating 300,000 IT jobs by 2030 has already been achieved this year. Developing new areas of the digital economy is now planned to create another 500,000 jobs by 2030.

The presentation stressed the need for a single digital education ecosystem covering everything from training young people to confirming their professional skills and placing them in jobs. Plans call for teaching 5.5 million young people by 2030 through traditional and remote formats. The president set the task of training one million young people a year in robotics, computer game development, startups and other promising fields.

The government also plans to attract more grants for digital education. Last year, $22 million in grants was attracted in this area. The target is $60 million by the end of this year and $100 million a year by 2030. The president said that the quality of education and its effect on employment should be a key criterion.