President Shavkat Mirziyoyev held a videoconference meeting on June 28 to discuss the achievements in youth policy and measures to support them comprehensively, as reported by the presidential press service.

It was noted that young people have been taking the SAT exam for mathematics, English language, and scientific thinking to study at foreign universities. Students who score above 75 percent on these tests win grants to the most prestigious universities abroad.

"From now on, we will also launch a practice of admitting such young people to our universities on a grant basis," said the president.

For reference, the SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test) is an exam conducted to test critical thinking skills, covering mathematics and English language subjects. It is also considered a standardized test for admission to some universities in the USA, Singapore, Turkey, Hong Kong, and Japan.

It is emphasized that currently, 110,000 Uzbek youth are studying abroad.

In particular, over seven years, through the "El-yurt umidi" (Hope of the Nation) Foundation, 50 young people graduated from the top 8 universities of the US "Ivy League," including Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Stanford, and 24 universities of the UK "Russell Group," including Oxford, Cambridge, Birmingham. The number of young people studying at these prestigious universities has exceeded 200.

From the new academic year, the “International Baccalaureate” and A-level programs will be introduced experimentally in all 73 academic lyceums affiliated with universities. Students who receive certificates based on these programs will be admitted to the respective university without exams, on a paid contract basis.

The head of state noted the importance of professions related to the "fourth industrial revolution" for the rapid development of Uzbekistan. In this context, he also mentioned the introduction of a new system to increase young people's interest in professions related to physics, chemistry, biology, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).