More than 600 English teachers are being sought by Uzbekistan, where the education system spans over 10,000 public schools, according to figures presented to Philippine labor officials during a meeting in Metro Manila this week. The posts reportedly carry a monthly salary of USD 2,000.
Those numbers surfaced on July 28, 2026, when representatives of the Philippine honorary consulate in Uzbekistan paid a courtesy call at the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Central Office in Mandaluyong City. The visit centered on the prospects for placing overseas Filipino workers in the Central Asian country and on the terms under which they would be hired.
Bekhbat Sodnom, who serves as Honorary Consul of the Philippines to Uzbekistan, joined Selenge Lkhagvasuren in outlining the country’s hiring standards and its appetite for foreign labor, with teaching positions singled out as an area of pressing need.
DMW Undersecretary Jainal T. Rasul, Jr. used the meeting to press the point that any Filipinos taking up work in Uzbekistan must be shielded by adequate protections. He said the concerns of those workers should be handled properly even as bilateral labor talks between Manila and Tashkent move forward.
The exchange forms part of the continuing discussions between the two governments over the conditions that would govern Filipino employment in Uzbekistan.
