Article 38. The right of persons with disabilities to education

Persons with disabilities shall have the right to education in educational organizations throughout their life for the fullest development of their capabilities and participation in the life of society and the state.

The state shall guarantee the development of inclusive education for persons with disabilities, creation of necessary conditions for their access to education and vocational training, retraining, and advanced training.

Educational organizations, jointly with state bodies, shall ensure that children with disabilities receive preschool, additional, and general secondary education, as well as secondary specialized, professional, higher, and postgraduate education.

If the temporary teaching of children with disabilities in educational institutions is impossible, the authorized republican executive hokimiyat bodies in the sphere of education and educational institutions shall ensure the home teaching of children with disabilities based on the recommendations of specialized doctors and with the consent of their parents or other legal representatives.

Home education of children with disabilities shall be provided at the expense of the State budget of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The state guarantees free general secondary, additional, secondary specialized, and professional education for children with disabilities.

Free or preferential provision of persons with disabilities with special teaching aids and literature, as well as the possibility of using the services of sign language interpreters shall be exercised at the expense of the State budget of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Non-state educational organizations shall be entitled to establish preferential payment for the education of persons (children) with disabilities.

Education, vocational training, retraining, and advanced training of persons with disabilities shall be carried out in various forms, including separation and on-the-job training, in the form of external training, as well as using distance learning technologies, by training in educational institutions and organizations, specialized educational institutions, at home, in special groups, classes, and based on individual training plans.

For the purpose of the comprehensive and harmonious development of children with disabilities, forming social activity in them, instilling a passion for work, and involving them in science, technology, art, and sports, educational institutions must, jointly with state bodies, ensure the access of children with disabilities to additional education, while creating the necessary conditions for this.