Tashkent Student Place Shortage Reaches 141,000 for 2025–2026 School Year

The shortage of student places in Tashkent's schools for the 2025–2026 academic year has reached 141,000. This was announced in the capital at a presentation of projects aimed at beautifying neighbourhoods, building new schools and kindergartens, and developing the urban environment.

According to the presentation, the number of students is expected to rise by 71,000 (14 percent) over the next five years, which could push the shortage to 212,000 by the 2030–2031 academic year. Plans call for 48,000 new student places to be created from the republic budget and 78,000 from the local budget by 2030. As a result, the load ratio of schools is expected to fall from the current 1.4 to 1.2 in 2030.

For the 2026–2027 academic year, 24 new school projects with a total capacity of 38,000 places have been prepared, covering 64.6 thousand square metres. The city has 253,000 children aged 3 to 7, with preschool coverage at 79.2 percent and a shortage of 65,000 kindergarten places. Plans call for 8,000 places from the republic budget and 32,000 from the local budget by 2030, raising coverage to 92 percent.