To the Schoolchildren, Teachers and Mentors of Our Country

To the students, teachers and mentors of our country!

Dear children!

Dear teachers, mentors and parents!

I sincerely congratulate you all on the great holiday - Knowledge Day, which is celebrated this year in conjunction with the 35th anniversary of the independence of our Motherland.

On this joyful day, I express my best wishes to our nearly 800 thousand boys and girls, who are stepping onto the school threshold for the first time with excitement and interest, great dreams and hopes, to their parents and the entire pedagogical team.

May the new academic year be a year of education and intellectual growth in the education system of our country and in the life of our schools, lyceums, colleges and universities!

Dear participants of the holiday!

Due to the large-scale reforms implemented in the field of education in recent years, the schools of New Uzbekistan have radically changed and are taking on a new look, and the quality of education is improving.

Our children, who grow up in such an environment and delight their parents and mentors with their first successes in education and professional training, as well as their achievements in IT, creativity, sports and public life, are our beautiful future and golden reserve.

In the growing number of such educated, diligent and purposeful young people, we see the buds of the Third Renaissance. It is our sacred duty to educate them so that they, like a tree with strong roots, can become a reliable support for our development.

Undoubtedly, we will continue to give priority to the development of education, which will serve as a solid foundation for achieving such ambitious goals. We will create all the conditions for young people who are graduating from school and entering adulthood to acquire deep knowledge and master at least one modern profession. To this end, we will organize “Professional Towns” in the regions, introduce best practices, and attract leading specialists.

Dear children, the key that opens the doors to a happy and prosperous life, helps to find answers to difficult questions, and allows you to adequately overcome the trials and difficulties that you may encounter on your life path is knowledge, and only knowledge.

Appreciate every minute of your beautiful youth. Diligently acquire new knowledge, master innovations, professions, study our native language, our rich history and culture, as well as world history and foreign languages. Never stop learning and always strive for knowledge.

Love this sacred land inherited from our ancestors with all your heart and soul and always be loyal to your Motherland and your people!

Do not forget that your closest friends and advisers on this path are your caring teachers and parents!

May the new academic year begin for you with excellent grades and successfully complete each academic quarter. I wish you good health and success.

Once again, dear children, I congratulate you all on the Day of Knowledge!

Shavkat Mirziyoyev

President of the Republic of Uzbekistan