Combating COVID-19: Updates

As of March 18, over 850 million children and youth – roughly half of the world’s student population – had to stay away from schools and universities due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (UNESCO)

The UNESCO Office in Uzbekistan welcomes the decisions taken by the relevant Uzbek authorities to counter the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19, as well as the measures taken by the Ministry of Public Education to establish distance learning for schoolchildren, for whom TV-lessons will be organized in conformity with the curriculum. (UNESCO Office in Uzbekistan)