On July 9, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev became familiar with a presentation on the development of sports education and training of the Olympic reserve.

There are 15 Olympic reserve colleges, 344 sports schools and 7 higher sports schools in Uzbekistan. 380 thousand young people are engaged in more than 100 types of sports.

Over the past three years, students of Olympic reserve colleges have won 723 medals at the international competitions and more than 10 thousand medals at the national tournaments. About 4.5 thousand students were accepted to Uzbekistan national team.

It is necessary to strengthen the material-technical base of sports educational institutions, improve the qualifications of coaches for further development of this direction.

In particular, almost 6 thousand out of about 14 thousand coaches working in these institutions do not have a higher education. There are also not enough coaches in equestrian sports, modern pentathlon, rugby, shooting sports, archery, cycling, diving and synchronized swimming.

In this regard, issues of radical improvement of the sports education system, introduction of modern programs and methods, development of the material-technical base of institutions were discussed.

The Head of the state instructed to improve the infrastructure of Olympic reserve colleges and higher education institutions of physical culture and sports, improve the quality of sports education and expand the number of schoolchildren and students.

Source: UzA