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distance learning services. This system In April 2021, Kundalik together with a partner launched
allowed the teachers to issue homework
and learning materials, and the students a project to develop a multi-service online platform for
could send their completed works for check supplementary mastering of disciplines as a part of the
and verification. As a result, the teachers school curriculum. The project includes a design tool, a
issued grades in the digital class-book or
gave comments on finalizing the answers. catalogue of academic applications that are grouped by
the disciplines, classes or contents of textbooks included
It is noteworthy that due to the technology
introduction in the field of education in the republican list. Moreover, the platform provides the
this industry has recovered faster than distance learning services, motivation and gamification
others after the pandemic in Uzbekistan.
In January-May 2021, the growth rate of tools
academic services in Uzbekistan turned
out to be the highest and amounted to abolition of paper homework diaries and unified standard in all schools in the
145.2%. The rental and leasing services transition to the digital ones, 22% persons country, eliminate the digital inequality and
only were ahead of this indicator - 146.9%. were against such an innovation and 12% find an individual approach to each child.
Moreover, the level of educational services responders still found it difficult to give an The state can obtain the necessary data
has recovered most quickly after the strict answer. for analytics and management, provide
quarantine measures in 2020. the children with useful content for their
According to 86% of parents, the most development, and provide the parents with
According to the research results, the convenient thing in a digital homework convenient services and involve them in the
children successfully studied, demonstrated diary is that at any time and in any place education process of their children. It also
more motivation and independence when the parents can have a look at the exact instills digital literacy in the citizens.
doing their homework and classwork using schedule, grades, tasks and attendance
the digital diary, even during the pandemic. of the child. All parents believe that such No digital transformation of the economy is
Kundalik contributes to the improvement of approach increases the interest of children possible without the digitalization of
school performance and attendance rates. in learning. education. Our kids today are the future of
The children are more actively involved in every country, they are the force that will be
the educational process. The majority of parents (61%) look through driving our countries forward. That’s why
the grades in the digital homework diary school education should be digitized so
10, 000 parents of Uzbek schoolchildren together with their children. They believe that hundreds of millions of people could
took part in a survey where they told about that the child feels more attention from the get all the benefits that come with
their attitude toward academic digitalization parents and strives for the better results. technology.
and to the Kundalik digital homework diary.
More than 67% interviewees responded Benefits of digitalization of the education
that they had positive emotions about the system are clear: it helps to prepare a

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