20.03.2025

During the visit to the capital’s Bektemir district President Shavkat Mirziyoyev visited Iykota mahalla, where he got acquainted with the current creative and improvement work.

About 6 thousand people live in this mahalla, there are 37 apartment buildings and 1.4 thousand individual houses. Due to the targeted mahalla development program implemented across the country, new housing has also been built in Iykota mahalla, roads and sidewalks have been repaired, courtyards and green areas have been landscaped.

Last year, a three-story mahalla administration was built in the mahalla, and this year, general education school No. 358 was commissioned using state budget funds. The Head of State visited the new educational institution.

The school, designed to accommodate almost 1,000 students, is equipped with modern classrooms for various disciplines, laboratories, computer classes, a foreign language center, a robotics club and a library. In addition, a gymnasium, a soccer field and a spacious canteen provide comfortable conditions for students.

During the conversation with teachers, the President emphasized the importance of identifying children's abilities, developing a system of vocational training and preparing young people for independent life. Special attention was paid to the expansion of training in information technology, engineering and robotics, as well as the education of teenagers in the spirit of patriotism.

Two private kindergartens opened on the first floors of new apartment buildings, which became a festive gift for parents on the eve of Navruz.

The mahalla actively implements the principle of maximizing the use of internal opportunities for employment. There are 70 trade and service outlets, as well as two manufacturing enterprises, contributing to the creation of jobs.

Within the framework of the Month of Development and Improvement announced on the initiative of the President, the residents of the mahalla are actively engaged in growing agricultural crops, effectively utilizing their homestead plots.