Uzbekistan issues 7.7 trillion soums in education loans
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The Uzbek government issued nearly 7.7 trillion soums in education loans between 2021 and the end of the third quarter of 2026.
The Ministry of Economy and Finance and the World Bank organized a meeting in Tashkent to review the progress of the student loan system. Officials announced that the government provided over 663,000 loans during this period. A large portion of this funding supported women and girls, who received more than 5.8 trillion soums across over 515,000 individual loans.
The participants discussed the EduImkon programme, which receives 250 million US dollars from the World Bank. This initiative seeks to provide equal access to higher education and connect student financing with the requirements of the labor market. The group also looked at ways to digitize loan applications and monitor repayments based on the future incomes of graduates. The meeting included proposals to extend loan eligibility to students attending foreign universities ranked among the world's top 300.
Officials also considered offering loans for short-term vocational training and language courses abroad. These proposals remain in the planning stage as the ministry works with international experts to develop a sustainable financial model for the system.
