Uzbekistan skills: dual education creates an employer-led workforce development route

Verified facts

• Official vocational-education reporting records 2026 measures to strengthen dual education, targeted workforce training and graduate employment with employer participation. The measures do not establish a live employer programme, learner cohort, provider appointment, worksite or placement for a defined commercial proposition.
• The Agency reported 641 technical colleges and 134,960 places for the 2026/27 intake, including 42,820 dual-study places. These are national intake figures, not a verified measure of role-specific supply, skill level, language, geographic access, safety competence, employer interest or candidate availability.
• Resolution No. 449 as reported by the Agency provides conditions for concessional loans to organisations that create dual programmes and ensure graduate employment. It is a policy route requiring live eligibility, institution, employer, financing and employment verification; not a general recruitment or subsidy entitlement.
• ILO and World Bank material separately identifies TVET modernisation, career guidance, adult retraining and labour-market matching as sustained reform questions. National system reform does not prove provider quality, qualification recognition, a job offer, work permit, placement or retention outcome.
• The 2025 regulatory record on business entities’ participation in school vocational training identifies structured cooperation and practical-exam mechanisms. It does not decide the status of technical-college learners, a particular occupation, safety responsibility, private training delivery, company access or employment terms.