The state ensures free general secondary, secondary specialized, vocational, and extracurricular education for children (persons) with physical, intellectual, sensory, or mental disabilities in state specialized educational institutions, as well as in general secondary, secondary specialized, and vocational educational institutions in an inclusive format.

State specialized educational institutions are established for the education and upbringing of children with physical, intellectual, sensory, or mental disabilities, as well as those requiring long-term medical treatment. Admission to and dismissal from these institutions are carried out based on the conclusion of a medical-psychological-pedagogical commission, with the consent of parents or other legal representatives.
Students of state specialized educational institutions receive full state support.

Specialized educational and upbringing institutions are established for children (persons) requiring special learning and upbringing conditions, providing education, vocational training, and social rehabilitation.
For children (persons) held in correctional facilities serving imprisonment sentences, conditions are created to ensure their education, upbringing, and self-education.

Everyone is guaranteed equal rights to education regardless of gender, race, nationality, language, religion, beliefs, social origin, or social status.
The right to education is ensured through:
The development of educational institutions;
Support for innovation in educational organizations and the implementation of educational programs using innovative technologies;
Organization of education in full-time (day), part-time (evening, correspondence, distance) formats;
Training, retraining, and professional development of personnel;
Provision of free general secondary, secondary specialized, and initial vocational education;
The right of individuals educated at home, through self-education, or those who have not completed general secondary education to undergo external certification in accredited state educational institutions.
Foreign citizens have the right to receive education in Uzbekistan in accordance with international treaties and the legislation of Uzbekistan.

Stateless persons permanently residing in Uzbekistan have equal rights with Uzbek citizens to receive education.

The education system includes:
State educational standards, requirements, curricula, and programs;
Educational institutions implementing state educational standards, requirements, and programs;
Organizations responsible for assessing the quality of education;
Scientific and pedagogical institutions conducting research necessary for the functioning and development of the education system;
Government bodies overseeing education and their subordinate organizations.
The education system is unified and continuous.

Graduates of accredited educational institutions who have completed their education in accordance with state educational standards and requirements are issued a state-recognized educational document (certificate, diploma, certificate of completion, or license). A state-recognized educational document is also issued to individuals who have received education at home or through self-education, provided they have passed final and state examinations externally in accredited state educational institutions under the corresponding curricula.
A diploma for secondary specialized, vocational, and higher education includes an appendix listing completed subjects, their volume, and grades.
Individuals who have defended a dissertation to obtain an academic degree are awarded a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) or Doctor of Science (DSc) degree and are issued a state-recognized diploma.
Mutual recognition of educational documents may be carried out based on bilateral agreements between the governments of Uzbekistan and foreign states.
Individuals who have not completed the corresponding level of continuous education are issued a certificate of completion in the prescribed format.
A state-recognized educational document, as well as an educational document issued by non-state educational institutions recognized in Uzbekistan, grants the right to continue education at the next level of continuous education or to work in the relevant profession or specialty.
Based on agreements between higher educational institutions of foreign countries and Uzbekistan, graduates may be awarded a dual diploma (Double Diploma), which is recognized in Uzbekistan as a higher education credential.

An education document obtained in a foreign state after January 1, 1992, is recognized as having legal validity throughout the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan after undergoing the recognition procedure.
The recognition of an education document obtained in a foreign state is carried out by the relevant authorized republican executive authority.
The procedure for recognizing an education document obtained in a foreign state is established by the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan.