China grants $2,670,100 USD for the purchase of special needs computing equipment (Linked to Record ID#71501, #72571, #72567, #72569, #72570, and #72564)

Project narrative

In 2014, China committed a $2,670,100 USD to the Uzbekistan Ministry of Public Education for the purchase of computer equipment for special needs students. This equipment specifically included: 740 specialized computers for children with special needs, equipment for audio classrooms, 28 pieces of hearing-speech complexes, and devices and typewriters for writing in Braille The equipment was provided to all 87 specialized boarding schools of the republic.The acquisition was part of a push by Uzbekistan to attract grant aid for its education system. It was reported that Uzbekistan attracted $225.6 million of grant aid for this purpose, some of which was provided by the People's Republic of China. As such, this project is linked to several other Chinese donations to the education sector during this timeframe: #71501 for the allocation of multimedia packages to classrooms grades 1st-4th #72567 for the purchase of new equipment for the Center for the Development of Multimedia General Education Programs (CDMEP) #72569 for the purchase of computer hardware and computer equipment. #72570 for the equipping of children's centers "Barkamol Avlod" with 434 sets of computer equipment #72571 for the purchase of new stage equipment for the Republican Center for Children's Artistic Creativity #72564 for the allocation of multimedia packages to classrooms grades 5th-9th