The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Uzbekistan has submitted a draft regulation for public discussion that outlines the deployment of senior prevention inspectors and psychologist-inspectors within non-state educational organizations. This initiative aims to extend law enforcement oversight into private universities, general secondary schools, and specialized secondary institutions across the country.

According to the published document, the establishment and maintenance of these new positions are proposed to be funded entirely through the internal resources of the educational institutions themselves. Specifically, higher education organizations would be required to accommodate senior prevention inspectors and senior inspectors for women's affairs, while secondary schools would introduce juvenile delinquency psychologist-inspectors. The core responsibilities assigned to these inspectors include conducting preventive measures aimed at countering offenses, violence, bullying, drug addiction, and the infiltration of extremist ideologies among students. Furthermore, they are expected to foster civil responsibility and patriotism, while collaborating with academic staff and parents to provide targeted psychological support for vulnerable students and at-risk groups.

The regulatory framework also grants these inspectors the authority to execute targeted special operations. These include the 'Davomat' program to track chronic absenteeism, 'Tungi tekshiruv' to monitor minors frequenting nighttime entertainment venues without parental supervision, and 'O‘smir' to detect prohibited items or unauthorized driving among youth, alongside university-focused measures like 'Tig' and 'Oriyat'.

In addition to maintaining discipline, the inspectors will reportedly participate in extracurricular patriotic education, suicide prevention, and student welfare protection. In private universities, they are also tasked with inspecting student living conditions in dormitories and rented apartments. The public review period for this regulatory project is scheduled to run until November 3.

Source: uznews.uz