Television education in Uzbekistan surprises: teacher calls New York the capital of the USA

On the air, a teacher in Uzbekistan confused the capital of the United States and mispronounced the name of the capital of the PRC. The country's Ministry of Public Education apologized for the incident. The details are shared by the publication KUN.UZ.

The teacher made the mistake of naming New York the capital of the United States of America while broadcasting the lesson on television.

In addition, the teacher made a mistake by misspelling and pronouncing the name of the capital of China: in English, "Beijing" is written as Beijing, not Pekin, as the teacher said during a TV lesson.

However, the country's Minister of Public Education (MPE) Sherzod Shermato, commenting on this, said: “If I am not mistaken, we are the first CIS country that was able to quickly launch broadcasting of TV lessons in all classes in three languages ​​with inclusion (sign translation). It is worth noting that on average almost 100 video lessons are recorded per day. Due to the limited time in the preparation of these materials and the minimization of participants in the process in connection with the quarantine, there is a high probability of some typos and errors, ”he wrote in his Telegram channel.

In his opinion, the best solution in the face of the "common invisible enemy" - the coronavirus epidemic - is universal rallying and full mutual support, but not ridiculing those who are trying in every possible way to ensure the learning process of more than six million students in the country in such a difficult time.

Later, the Ministry of Education and Science of Uzbekistan apologized for the mistake made during the TV lesson, the newspaper writes. Details.uz... First Deputy Minister of Public Education Usman Sharifkhodzhaev said: “As many people know, a mistake was broadcast as part of the English video lesson - the teacher confused the capital of the United States and mispronounced the name of the capital of the PRC. One can make excuses and say that more than 100 lessons are filmed per day (which is 25-30 hours of airtime), a large number of teachers are involved in the filming process, ”he said.

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Despite this, Sharifkhodzhaev believes that these facts cannot serve as an excuse for the mistake. He apologized to his students and parents. Also, the first deputy minister asked not to offend the teachers involved in the "Online School" project. “Today, all teachers are forced to work on several fronts, the teachers who take part in the filming, in parallel, conduct classes in the traditional format in their school,” he stressed.

He also recalled that each of us makes mistakes. And he expressed the hope that "this case will force everyone to approach their duties more professionally."

He added a postscript in English: "PS: Dear American friends, of course, we know that NY isn't capital of USA." In this sentence, by the way, not everything is true either - before the words capital and USA there must be the article the.