UCHI.UZin partnership with UCHI.RU

The Uchi.ru platform — for the schools of Uzbekistan

Adapting Russia’s largest online school platform (15 million pupils) for Uzbekistan — in Uzbek and Russian, following the national curriculum. Starting with primary school.

Ministry of Preschool and School Education of the Republic of Uzbekistan
Tashkent · October 2026

Functional demouchi.riseclass.ru

UCHI.UZSummary

Daily practice of core skills — free for every school

1

The challenge

2.8 million pupils in grades 1–4. In TIMSS 2023, 69% of Uzbekistan’s fourth-graders reach the low benchmark in mathematics (international median: 91%); in PIRLS 2021 reading, 70% do (median: 94%).

2

The solution

UCHI.UZ adapts Uchi.ru, Russia’s largest online school platform, for Uzbekistan: in Uzbek and Russian, following the national curriculum. The demo shows how it works: uchi.riseclass.ru

3

A proven model

Uchi.ru in Russia: 15 million active pupils and 909,000 teachers (2025). Free for schools and funded by family subscriptions: revenue of RUB 4.2 bn (≈ $50M) with a 25% net margin.

4

The proposal

A pilot in the second half of the 2026/27 school year: 20 schools, about 5,000 pupils. Free for schools and teachers, with a control group and an independent evaluation.

Sources: IEA TIMSS 2023, PIRLS 2021; Statistics Agency of Uzbekistan; VK reports for 2025; financial statements filed with the Russian Federal Tax Service (Uchi.ru LLC, 2025)

UCHI.UZContext

Primary education in Uzbekistan: a large system with a clear gap in core skills

6.87million

pupils in 11,118 schools, 2025/26 school year

2.81million

pupils in grades 1–4; about 3.5 million by 2030 (estimate based on births)

795thousand

first-graders in September 2026 (725 thousand in 2025)

577.7thousand

teachers; education budget for 2026 — UZS 100.3 trillion (24.9% of the budget)

One in three fourth-graders is below the minimum level

Share of grade 4 pupils reaching the low international benchmark

MathematicsTIMSS 2023 · 443 points

69%

ReadingPIRLS 2021 · 437 points

70%

ScienceTIMSS 2023 · 412 points

56%

Uzbekistaninternational median (91%, 94%, 90%)

Progress is visible: in PISA 2025 science, Uzbekistan scored 438 points — 83 more than in 2022; the share of students at the baseline level rose from 19% to 65%.

Sources: Statistics Agency of Uzbekistan, press release “General secondary education”, 31.03.2026; SIAT (grades 1–4); kun.uz, 24.07.2026 (first-graders 2026); Budget Message 2026–2028; IEA: TIMSS 2023 Exhibits 1.1.4 and 2.1.4, PIRLS 2021 Exhibit 4.2; OECD PISA 2025 (kun.uz, 08.09.2026). The 2030 estimate is based on births in 2020–2023.

UCHI.UZState priorities

UCHI.UZ serves goals the state has already set

PISA by 2030

Join PISA’s top 30

The Concept for developing public education until 2030 (Decree PF-5712) aims for a place among the top 30 countries in PISA. The 2022–2026 National Programme (Decree PF-134) sets 30th place as the target.

Results at age 15 are built in grades 1–4: daily practice in maths and reading.

New curriculum

National curriculum

Launched in August 2026 with UNICEF; more than 1,300 textbooks and teaching aids by 2027; 110,000 primary teachers have been retrained.

UCHI.UZ content follows the curriculum topics and is reviewed by the Ministry’s methodologists.

Digital school

Digital learning

“Digital Uzbekistan – 2030” (Decree PF-6079); the 2026 budget allocates UZS 250 bn to computer classrooms and UZS 100 bn to interactive whiteboards.

The platform runs on whiteboards, computers and phones — building on investments already made.

Sources: lex.uz — PF-5712 of 29.04.2019, PF-134 of 11.05.2022, PF-6079 of 05.10.2020; UNICEF, 18.08.2026; kun.uz, 28.09.2026; Budget Message 2026–2028, Table 13

UCHI.UZSolution

UCHI.UZ — the proven Uchi.ru platform, adapted for Uzbekistan

1

Interactive courses that follow the curriculum

Courses for preschoolers and grades 1–11: maths, languages, the world around us, sciences, programming.

2

Instant checking and feedback on mistakes

Every answer is checked at once; a mistake brings a hint and an explanation, and tasks are chosen based on the pupil’s answers.

3

Tools for teachers

Teachers assign work to their class for free and see the results; in 2026 Uchi.ru launched an AI assistant for teachers.

4

Olympiads and motivation

Uchi.ru ran 15 federal olympiads in 2025 with more than 10 million participants; rewards keep children engaged.

uchi.riseclass.ru

The UCHI.UZ demo prototype in Uzbek — showing how the platform will work

15 millionactive pupils, 2025

909,000teachers

Ages 4–17preschool and grades 1–11

15olympiads in 2025

Listedby Russia’s education ministry

Freefor schools and teachers

UCHI.UZValue

Benefits for everyone in education

Pupil

Learns through play, 15–20 minutes a day
Reinforces every lesson topic
Earns rewards and olympiad diplomas

Teacher

Ready-made tasks for every topic
No marking — checking is automatic
Sees who is struggling, and with which topic

Parent

A clear view of the child’s progress
A safe, ad-free environment
Extra courses — optional

School and Ministry

Anonymised analytics by topic, school and region
An olympiad to find gifted children
Zero budget cost for access

UCHI.UZFunctional demo

The UCHI.UZ functional demo

The prototype in Uzbek and Russian shows how the platform will work. Full content is created during adaptation, together with the Ministry’s methodologists.

uchi.riseclass.ru

uchi.riseclass.ruDemo pupils for grades 1–4, one-click sign-in

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UCHI.UZDemo · tasks

Not a test but an activity: what the tasks look like

Number line: where will Zavrik land?Maths · grade 2

Counting: pop the right balloonMaths · grade 1

Reading: a picture bookNative language · grade 3

Syllable train: build the wordNative language · grade 1

Number machine: find the unknownMaths · grade 3

Pay the exact amount in so‘mMaths · grade 3

English: listen and findEnglish · grade 1

Find the pair: verb formsRussian · grade 3

Case endings on balloonsNative language · grade 4

Examples of task mechanics from the UCHI.UZ demo prototype. In the working version they are filled with materials that follow the national curriculum.

UCHI.UZDemo · motivation

Motivation that brings children back every day

A national online olympiad (in the demo, “Heirs of al-Khwarizmi”), modelled on Uchi.ru’s olympiads: 15 olympiads and more than 10 million participants in 2025.

Quests and marathon

Daily goals and friendly competition with classmates

Portfolio

The pupil’s diplomas, certificates and achievements

Room and pet

Rewards for solved tasks furnish Zavrik’s room

Learning games

Mental arithmetic, logic, memory, chess puzzles

UCHI.UZAdaptation

What we adapt for Uzbekistan

We take Uchi.ru’s platform and teaching method and create content for Uzbek schools together with the Ministry’s methodologists.

Language and content

Interface and tasks in Uzbek and Russian; Karakalpak later
Materials that follow the national curriculum, reviewed by methodologists
Local context: so‘m, Uzbek names and cities, history and culture

Subjects and stages

Start: grades 1–4 — maths, native language, Russian and English
Next: grades 5–9 and school readiness
Courses on the Uchi.ru model: chess, programming, financial and reading literacy

Infrastructure

Works on interactive whiteboards, computers and phones
Integration with the eMaktab e-journal — at the Ministry’s decision
Families pay via Click, Payme or Uzum; data is handled under Uzbek law

Adaptation principlethe platform, mechanics and teaching method come from Uchi.ru; the content comes from Uzbek methodologists and teachers, following the national curriculum

Sources: Uchi.ru product line — lp.uchi.ru; eMaktab — emaktab.uz; Click and Payme — spot.uz (2025); Uzum — TechCrunch (2026); ZRU-547 and ZRU-1125 — lex.uz

UCHI.UZWhy it works

Short, regular practice delivers measurable learning gains

+16.9%

Uzbekistan: a Ministry and UNICEF pilot

Eduten platform, 17 schools in Tashkent, 1,046 grade 5 pupils: gain in maths skills over 12 weeks.

+0.1 SD

Russia: a randomised controlled trial

343 schools, about 6,000 grade 3 pupils: 45 minutes a week of computer-based tasks improves maths; doubling the time adds no further effect.

+0.37 SD

India: the Mindspark adaptive platform

Randomised trial: maths gains in 4.5 months; language +0.23 SD. The World Bank rates teaching at the child’s level as a “good buy”.

+3.9 pp

Uchi.ru: the Kursk region

3,591 pupils in 85 schools (2021/22): the share of correct answers grew more than in the control group (9.7% vs 5.8%).

Sources: UNICEF, “Transforming maths learning in Uzbekistan” (2025); Bettinger et al., NBER w26967 / JPAM 2023; Muralidharan, Singh, Ganimian, American Economic Review 2019; World Bank / GEEAP “Smart Buys” (2020); Uchi.ru, “Effectiveness of digital platforms” (2022). SD — standard deviation of test scores; pp — percentage points.

UCHI.UZPartner’s experience · Uchi.ru

Uchi.ru — Russia’s largest online school platform

15million

active pupils in 2025 (+5%)

909thousand

teachers use the platform

6million

parents follow their child’s progress

10+million

participants in 15 federal olympiads

2012

Founded by graduates of MIPT; a Skolkovo resident

2020

8 million pupils; Mail.ru Group buys 25% for RUB 3.75 bn

2023

VK buys the remaining 75% for RUB 8.7 bn

2024

Content added to the Russian education ministry’s federal list of e-learning resources

2025

Maths olympiad on the ministry’s official list; courses for preschoolers

2026

AI assistant for teachers; paying base +28% year on year (Q2)

Preschoolages 4–7, since 2025

Grades 1–4the core of the platform

Grades 5–9subjects, YaKlass, programming

Grades 10–11subjects and Uchi.Doma tutors

Sources: VK, results for 2025 and H1 2026 (vk.company, releases 12255 and 12383); VK, releases 10785 and 11414 (transactions); Uchi.ru news, 2024–2026; TAdviser. Age range — Uchi.ru website and releases.

UCHI.UZPartner’s experience · economics

Free for schools — and still a profitable business

Revenue and net profit of Uchi.ru LLC Russian accounting standards, $ million

RevenueNet profit

×4.3

revenue growth since 2019, to RUB 4.19 bn (≈ $50M) in 2025

25%

net margin in 2025 (RUB 1.05 bn); operating margin 28.8%

7.4bn ₽

VK’s education technology segment (Uchi.ru + Tetrika), 2025, +19%; H1 2026: +26% with a 21% EBITDA margin

1.1million

paying pupils (2024) — about 7.5% of active users; the rest learn for free

Sources: financial statements filed with the Russian Federal Tax Service (GIR BO), Uchi.ru LLC (INN 7704821246), 2019–2025; VK reports for 2024–2025 and H1 2026; Smart Ranking 2025 (No. 5 among Russian EdTech companies, No. 1 in the children’s segment). Converted to US dollars at the Bank of Russia’s average annual rate.

UCHI.UZMarket

Uzbekistan is the largest school market in the CIS after Russia

Country	Pupils	Grades 1–4	Internet
Russia	17.99 M	7.55 M	94%
Uzbekistan	6.87 M	2.81 M	89%
Kazakhstan	3.96 M	1.58 M	93%
Tajikistan	2.46 M	1.01 M	57%
Azerbaijan	1.70 M	0.57 M	89%
Kyrgyzstan	1.59 M	0.63 M	89%
Belarus	1.06 M	0.44 M	94%

Uzbekistan has more pupils than Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Belarus combined (6.6 million). There is no platform of Uchi.ru’s scale in Uzbekistan, and we found no Uchi.ru presence in other CIS countries.

55bn ₽

Russia’s children’s online segment in 2025 — the largest in EdTech (36% of the market); about RUB 3,060 (≈ $37) per pupil a year

×12

growth of children’s online EdTech in Uzbekistan in 2024, to UZS 33.6 bn; all online EdTech is about $10M (+94%)

14%

of households in Uzbekistan pay for tutoring; more than 38,000 private learning centres operate

Sources: Statistics Agency of Uzbekistan; HSE University, “Education Indicators 2025” (Russia, 2024/25); statistics agencies of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan and Belarus; World Bank / UIS (grades 1–4); DataReportal 2026; Smart Ranking 2025; spot.uz, 01.07.2025 (Smart Ranking, Uzbekistan); CAP / LiTS, gazeta.uz, 25.02.2026

UCHI.UZProjection

Projecting the Uchi.ru model onto Uzbekistan: a 2031 horizon

Scenario, 2031	Reach, grades 1–4	Pupils	Paying	Revenue
Cautious 2.5% pay, $15 a year	25%	0.88 M	22,000	$0.3M
Base 5% pay, $20 a year	50%	1.75 M	88,000	$1.8M
Uchi.ru level 7.5% pay, $25 a year	80%	2.80 M	210,000	$5.3M
All grades 1–11 Uchi.ru level, ≈ 7.3 M pupils (estimate)	80%	5.84 M	438,000	$11M

Top-down check: if family spending on children’s online EdTech reached Russia’s level, adjusted for income (×0.42), Uzbekistan’s market would be about $106M a year; a share like Uchi.ru’s in Russia (13%) would be about $14M.

Calculator: grades 1–4, 2031

Reach among pupils in grades 1–4 Share of paying families Average annual spend per family, $

Pupils on the platform

Paying families

Annual revenue

State budgetUZS 0

Base: about 3.5 million pupils in grades 1–4 in the 2030/31 school year (estimate based on births). Uchi.ru benchmarks: about 80% reach, 7.5% paying, about $35 of revenue per paying pupil (2024). Income adjustment: the average wage in Uzbekistan is 42% of Russia’s (2025).

Methodology — in the appendix. The scenarios are the UCHI.UZ team’s estimates, not an Uchi.ru forecast. Sources: VK, Russian Federal Tax Service, Statistics Agency of Uzbekistan, Rosstat, Smart Ranking.

UCHI.UZImpact for the country

What Uzbekistan’s education system gains

Free for schools

As with Uchi.ru: access for schools, teachers and pupils at no cost to the budget; development is funded by voluntary family subscriptions.

Stronger core skills

Daily practice in maths and reading — exactly the skills TIMSS, PIRLS and PISA measure.

Teachers’ time

Ready-made tasks and automatic checking free up time for explaining and for pupils who are behind.

Data for decisions

Anonymised analytics show which topics are weak in which schools and regions — for targeted support.

Content in Uzbek

Modern digital content in the state language, plus Russian and English; Karakalpak later.

Talent and motivation

A national online olympiad helps find gifted children in every region.

UCHI.UZPlan

A pilot with measurable results — then scale-up

October — December 2026

Preparation

Memorandum and a working group of methodologists
Adapting grade 1–4 tasks into Uzbek: maths and reading
Selecting 20 schools and a control group
Teacher training (online, 2 hours)

January — May 2027

Pilot

20 schools, about 5,000 pupils in grades 1–4
Baseline and final assessments in maths and reading
Weekly reports for schools

June — August 2027

Evaluation

Independent evaluation with a control group
Report to the Ministry
Decision on scale-up

2027/28 — 2030

Scale-up

1,000+ schools in all regions, then nationwide
All grade 1–4 subjects and a teacher dashboard
Grades 5–9 and new courses

Learning gainsabove control schools in the assessments (target: at least +0.1 SD)

Regular useat least 60% of pupils practise every week

Teachersat least 70% of pilot teachers use the tasks in class and for homework

Cost to the stateUZS 0 for access to the platform

The Ministry chooses the pilot schools. The targets are a proposal for discussion.

UCHI.UZSafety and risks

Child and data safety — by law and by default

Parental consent to processing a child’s data — under Article 21 of the Law “On Personal Data” (ZRU-547).
Minimal data: name, grade and school. No biometrics, no advertising.
Data storage under the new wording of Article 27-1 (ZRU-1125 of 26.03.2026); for a government project we are ready to host pupils’ data on servers in Uzbekistan.
A parental check before any purchase — as on Uchi.ru.
Content is reviewed by the Ministry’s methodologists.

Risk	Response
69% of schools have no Wi-Fi	A lightweight web app on phones and mobile internet (LTE covers 97% of the population), with practice at home
Teacher workload	Ready-made tasks, automatic checking, short training
Unequal access	Basic access is free for everyone and works on any device

Extended-access page for parents in the demo

Sources: lex.uz — ZRU-547 of 02.07.2019, ZRU-1125 of 26.03.2026; anhor.uz, May 2026 (Wi-Fi in schools); ITU DataHub 2025 (LTE coverage). Right: the extended-access page for parents in the demo prototype.

UCHI.UZProposal

We propose starting with a pilot this school year

We ask the Ministry to

Sign a memorandum on cooperation and the pilot project
Set up a working group of methodologists to review the tasks
Select 20 pilot schools, plus a control group
Allow the platform to be used in lessons and for homework
Support a national online olympiad for grades 1–4

We commit to

Adapting Uchi.ru content into Uzbek, following the national curriculum
Free access for schools, teachers and pupils
Training and support for teachers in Uzbek and Russian
Data protection under the laws of Uzbekistan
A results report with an independent evaluation

Next stepa working meeting with the Ministry’s methodologists: pilot schools, timeline and evaluation design

Thank you!
Rahmat!

Functional demo: interface in Uzbek and Russian, one-click sign-in.

uchi.riseclass.ruUCHI.UZ functional demo

UCHI.UZAppendix · methodology

How the projection is built

Revenue = pupils in grades 1–4 × reach × share paying × average spend

Parameter	Value	Basis
Pupils in grades 1–4, 2030/31	≈ 3.5 M	first-graders in 2027–2030 = births in 2020–2023 (842K–962K) × 0.95
Uchi.ru reach	≈ 80%	14 million pupils ≈ 80% of Russia’s schoolchildren (company data, 2024)
Share paying	7.5%	1.1 million paying out of 14.6 million active (VK, 2024)
Revenue per paying pupil	≈ $35 a year	RUB 3.59 bn / 1.1 million, 2024, at 92.66 RUB per $
Income adjustment	×0.42	wages in 2025: Uzbekistan $507, Russia ≈ $1,206

Top-down check	Value
Children’s online EdTech in Russia per pupil, 2025	≈ $37 a year
Adjusted for income (×0.42)	≈ $15.4
× 6.87 million pupils in Uzbekistan	≈ $106M
× Uchi.ru’s share of the children’s segment (13%)	≈ $14M

The scenarios describe a mature state after development comparable to Uchi.ru’s (which took about 10 years). Family prices will reflect local incomes; the demo shows Uchi.ru’s prices converted directly at the Central Bank of Uzbekistan rate. Revenue excludes any possible government contracts.

UCHI.UZAppendix · sources

Data sources

Uzbekistan. Statistics Agency, press release “General secondary education in the Republic of Uzbekistan”, 31.03.2026 — stat.uz; SIAT (pupils by grade, births) — api.siat.stat.uz; Budget Message 2026–2028 — api.mf.uz; kun.uz (24.07.2026, 08.09.2026, 28.09.2026); gazeta.uz, spot.uz; DataReportal “Digital 2026: Uzbekistan”; ITU DataHub.

Legislation. lex.uz: Decree PF-5712 of 29.04.2019; PF-6079 of 05.10.2020; PF-134 of 11.05.2022; PF-21 of 16.02.2026; Law “On Personal Data” ZRU-547 of 02.07.2019 and ZRU-1125 of 26.03.2026.

International assessments. IEA TIMSS 2023 (Exhibits 1.1.1, 1.1.4, 2.1.4) — timss2023.org; IEA PIRLS 2021 (Exhibit 4.2) — pirls2021.org; OECD PISA 2022 and 2025; UNICEF, “Transforming maths learning in Uzbekistan” (2025); World Bank / GEEAP “Smart Buys” (2020).

Uchi.ru. Russian Federal Tax Service financial statements — bo.nalog.gov.ru (Uchi.ru LLC, INN 7704821246); VK releases 10785, 11414, 11712, 11976, 12255, 12383 — vk.company; Uchi.ru news and products — lp.uchi.ru; TAdviser; Smart Ranking 2025 — smartranking.ru, edtechs.ru.

Russian and CIS markets. HSE University, “Education Indicators 2025”; Rosstat (2025 wages); stat.gov.kz, stat.gov.kg, maorif.tj, stat.gov.az, belstat.gov.by; World Bank / UIS; spot.uz, 01.07.2025 (EdTech in Uzbekistan, Smart Ranking); eMaktab — emaktab.uz; Click and Payme — spot.uz; Uzum — TechCrunch.

Evidence of impact. Bettinger, Fairlie, Kapuza, Kardanova, Loyalka, Zakharov — NBER w26967, JPAM 2023; Muralidharan, Singh, Ganimian — AER 109(4), 2019; Uchi.ru, Kursk region, 2022.

Exchange rates. Bank of Russia average annual rates (RUB per USD): 2019 — 64.62; 2020 — 72.32; 2021 — 73.67; 2022 — 68.35; 2023 — 85.81; 2024 — 92.66; 2025 — 83.21. Central Bank of Uzbekistan: $1 = UZS 11,772.95 (03.10.2026).

Notes. Uchi.ru audience figures follow the company’s definitions. Uchi.ru LLC financials cover one legal entity under Russian accounting standards; the VK segment also includes Tetrika. The uchi.riseclass.ru demo is a prototype that shows the functionality, not a finished product. The projection scenarios are the UCHI.UZ team’s estimates.