Digital and Innovative Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Uzbekistan

Abstract

The pandemic has become a unique test of the power of international cooperation, manifested not only in the exchange of experience on epidemiological and organizational issues, but also in mutual financial, economic, and food assistance among the population. In this regard, it has become clear in Uzbekistan that it is difficult to fully ensure national security, especially human security, by eradicating the coronavirus only within the country. During the pandemic, international organizations provided the necessary assistance to Uzbekistan, and in 2020, $2.7 billion directed by international and foreign financial institutions, such as the Asian Development Bank, the World Bank, and the Japan International Cooperation Agency. The financial institutions will provide health care to fight the pandemic and have allocated $277 million to the storage health sector, sources said. The COVID-19 pandemic in the social context has significantly affected the population due to the great impact that has been generated in all the contexts where the individual develops. Among the problems that can be highlighted due to their level of increase is social inequality, discrimination, exclusion, and violence, among others, being those a reason for people to have effects on their well-being and quality of life. In relation to the aforementioned, this research aimed to analyze COVID-19 in the educational context in Uzbekistan universities and in the methodological context in virtual classes during this pandemic.