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Five Million AI Leaders — Uzbekistan's National AI Training and Teacher-Incentive Programme

Uzbekistan · Tashkent · See the Uzbekistan profile

President Mirziyoyev launched 'Five Million AI Leaders' on 28 Nov 2025, targeting 4.75m students, 150,000 teachers and 100,000 civil servants trained in AI by 2030. With 'One Million Uzbek Coders', 640,000+ people got certificates by end-2025; top teachers get $1,000 bonuses.

640000+
Participants trained/certified in 2025 (2025)
750+
Teachers certified (Beeline/TIUE track)
4750000
2030 student training target
Five Million AI Leaders — Uzbekistan's National AI Training and Teacher-Incentive Programme

Details

Maturity
Scaling
Promoter
Government of Uzbekistan; Beeline Uzbekistan and Tashkent International University of Education
Period
Launched 28 Nov 2025; target through 2030
Keywords
AI literacy, teacher incentives, civil service training, K-12 and higher education

Context

President Mirziyoyev launched 'Five Million AI Leaders' on 28 November 2025, a decree-level national programme alongside 'One Million Uzbek Coders', targeting training for 4.75 million students, 150,000 teachers and 100,000 civil servants in practical AI use by 2030, with performance incentives for top-performing schools and teachers.

Results

Across the two linked initiatives, the government reports 640,000+ participants completed training and received certificates in 2025; a parallel operator-led track with Beeline Uzbekistan certified 750+ teachers from over 1,000 applicants.

Conclusions

The 2030 targets remain aspirational rather than achieved, and figures are self-reported by implementing agencies without independent audit.

Implementation
Indicative cost
Medium (€50k–€500k)
Time to results
Long (> 3 years)
Staffing & skills
Ministry-run trainers, Beeline Uzbekistan / Tashkent International University of Education trainers

Conditions for success

  • performance incentives (teacher bonuses, AI-lab prizes for schools)
  • operator-led corporate partnership track

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