President Shavkat Mirziyoyev held a meeting on the issues in social protection and announced a set of measures to support low-income families. The programme is aimed at helping 1.2 million people through providing access to education and healthcare and improving their living conditions, the press office of the President of Uzbekistan reported.
A key aspect is to support education: 118,000 young people will get an opportunity to learn foreign languages, IT and professional skills. The state will provide an 80 percent subsidy for this purpose.
200 billion soums are allocated for the programme. The Government will provide grants to help an additional 3,500 children from low-income families enter universities.
The programme envisages providing care for 23,000 people with limited mobility, which will allow 15,000 of their relatives to find a job. 185 billion soums from the State Medical Insurance Fund are allocated to provide health care to 460,000 people in need and improve the housing conditions of 6,000 families.
