Uzbekistan introduces annual psycho-diagnostic testing for students and teachers

The system will be launched in stages. From the 2026/27 academic year, surveys will begin in preschool organizations and general secondary education institutions, from the 2027/28 academic year, colleges, technical schools, and universities, i.e. organizations of secondary special, professional, and higher education, will join them. The diagnostics will be conducted by the Research Institute of Psychology on a separate electronic platform. The document promises confidentiality of both personal data and information obtained as a result of the survey.

The results are planned to be processed using artificial intelligence. Participants will be divided into three groups: psychologically stable, in need of psychological support, and in need of active psychological support. A psychologist of the educational organization will be assigned to the second group, and a psychologist-mentor responsible for the corresponding territory will be assigned to the third group.

The institute itself will be established on the basis of the Educational and Scientific Center of Psychology of the National Pedagogical University of Uzbekistan named after Nizami Ganjavi and will be subordinate to the Ministry of Education and Science. From January 1, 2027, three laboratories should start operating in it: for digital psychology and AI, for psychology of education and psychological service, as well as for psychological health and prevention.

Psychologists who will teach on cascade courses of advanced training will receive a 20% supplement to their salary at their main place of work for this time. Another 150 psychologist-mentors with high results for the academic year will be one-time premium with an amount of 20 minimum wages. Employees of psychological services of educational institutions are required to undergo advanced training no less than once every five years.