Taking Care of Younger Generation

09.04.2010

Last parliamentary week, people’s representatives discussed urgent tasks related to implementing the national program of the Year of Comprehensively Advanced Generation.

The Committee for Science, Culture and Sports of the lower house of the parliament together with the Termiz State University held a scientific practical conference on legal foundations for the improvement of the comprehensively advanced generation.

About 60% of the country’s budget in 2010 was forwarded to the social sphere, including healthcare and education, the participants informed. It is projected to spend 8 trillion soums for the implementation of the State Program the Year of Comprehensively Advanced Generation.

The program is a scaled document envisaging the further strengthening of the material and technical base in all higher education institutions, professional colleges, academic lyceums and general schools in the republic. This year alone it is planned to build and put into operation 14 general schools for nine thousand students, four academic lyceums for 1,350 boys and girls and 41 professional colleges for over 23,000 students in Namangan.

Besides, it is planned to build, reconstruct and put into operation 99 hostels for 12,640 people from professional colleges and lyceums, overhaul 124 hostels for professional colleges and academic lyceums. They allotted 916.1 million soums for the construction of the new building of the Termiz State University alone.

Big part of discussions was dedicated to the quality teaching and effective education of the student youths.

The parliamentary faction of the People’s Democratic Party of Uzbekistan held a meeting in the Yoshlik students’ town. They discussed the place of modern youth in the society development. The deputies highlighted the improvement of the legislation on youths’ issues. The participants exchanged opinions on some draft laws, considered by the Legislative Chamber of Oliy Majlis. In particular, they focused on the Law “On prevention of juvenile neglect and crime”. In compliance with this document it is planed to intensify the individual activity both with juveniles and parents or guardians.

Deputies also drew the participants’ attention to another draft law, envisaging the administrative responsibility of managers and officers of business entities at admission of juveniles’ presence in restaurants, Internet cafes, disco clubs without parents or guardians at a night time.

They emphasized the importance of the PDPU’s position on the draft law to enhance the social responsibility of businessmen. In this respect they proposed to develop some rules, regulating the relationships between entertainment institutions and juveniles.

Other topics were touched upon in the meeting as well. For example, it was the prohibition of the use of mobile phones during study. According to teachers, mobiles hinder the training process. As PDPU’s members noted, all proposals will be forwarded to the respective committees of the lower house of the parliament.

The parliamentary faction of the Democratic Party of Uzbekistan Milliy Tiklanish had an enlarged meeting as well. It was dedicated to the course and the state of local implementation of the national program Year of Comprehensively Advanced Generation. The deputies noted the current critical analysis of the regulatory base in the development of the growing generation. Upon the assessment they will propose the development of new laws and upgrade of existing laws.

The DPU Milliy Tiklanish faction sets its important task of upbringing the growing generation in devotion to the national independence ideas. People’s democrats will assign a special part of their parliamentary activity to the further improvement of the legislation ensuring the secure protection of youth’s rights and legal interests and their spiritual and moral development.