Parents of children who were not attending school classes are receiving warning letters, which are reminding them of the availability of all conditions for students and the their responsibility of parents for making sure that their children attend school.
This information was confirmed by the spokesman to the Ministry of Preschool and School Education, Dilfuza Sobirova, commenting on a photo of a warning letter that appeared on social networks.
The letter begins with the words “all facilities have been created in Uzbekistan for children to get education and become comprehensively developed people capable of contributing to the prosperity of the Motherland.”
“Free 11-year compulsory education, not found elsewhere in the world, is also under state’s oversight. Parents are responsible for their children to get education. This is stipulated in a number of laws and regulations of Uzbekistan,” the letter says.
It cites Article 47 of the Administrative Code, according to which obstruction by parents or their guardians for children to get compulsory general secondary, secondary special, vocational education entails a fine of 10 to 15 basic calculation units (BCU=USD 30), and further breaches within a year - a fine from 15 to 25 BCU or up to 15-day administrative arrest.
The letter urges parents to perform their responsibilities and pay serious attention to their children's attendance at school. Otherwise, be seriously warned that you will be held accountable in the manner prescribed by law!” the letter says.
Dilfuza Sobirova in her comment recalled that at the government meeting on February 5, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev announced the transfer of the staff of school psychologists from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to the National Guard. Their task is to help school staff organize the educational process and work with parents of students who miss school, she noted.
Warning letters are being sent to parents whose children have missed three or more days of school without a valid reason.
She also recalled Article 77 of the Constitution and Article 51 of the Education Law. The first reads: “Parents and their substitutes are obliged to support their children until they reach adulthood, to take care of their upbringing, education, healthy, full and harmonious development.”
Reported, the day before that after the meeting, the National Guard became involved in solving the problem of school attendance. Footages of staff warning students and teachers about responsibility have surfaced social networks, prompting questions from the public.
