The Ministry of Public Education of Uzbekistan will acquire 2,859 computer-teaching classes for secondary schools in the country. South Korean company KT won a tender for the supply of educational computer classes.

On June 7, the Minister of Education Sherzod Shermatov and the president of KT, Yu Yong Park, signed a contract for the supply of educational computer classes.

KT won the tender for the supply of educational computer classes in the framework of the project “Further Development of Information and Communication Technologies in School Education”. The project is funded by a loan from the Export-Import Bank (Eximbank) of the Republic of Korea in the amount of $33 million.

Under the contract, KT will supply and equip 2,865 computer-instructional classes at 2,766 secondary schools in Uzbekistan. It is expected that by the end of this year, about 700 secondary schools will be equipped.

Sherzod Shermatov noted that South Korea is one of the reliable partners of Uzbekistan. He added that he had no doubt in the success of this project.

This project will improve the computer literacy of students, the minister said. Uzbekistan does not have direct access to the sea and the development of services based on information technology is one of the important areas for the country.