On April 11 of this year, in order to ensure the implementation of paragraph 562 of the “Annual Calendar Plan for Tasks to be Implemented in the Field of Youth Issues and Spiritual and Educational Work during the 2024/2025 Academic Year” approved by the rector of the institute on August 28, 2024, and to widely promote the culture of reading, the institute stage of the “Book-loving Student” competition was held with the participation of talented students studying at the institute. The competition was opened by M. Kholbekova, Head of the Department of Youth Work, Spirituality and Education. — The main goal of the competition is to increase the effectiveness of spiritual, educational and educational work among students, as well as to meaningfully organize their free time from classes, improve the reading culture and widely promote book reading, educate and support young people with their own independent thinking and broad worldview. The competition is held regularly at the institute every week, - said M. Kholbekova. After that, the competition began. The participants of the competition were asked questions about the life and work of Mahmudkhodja Behbudiy, Abdulla Avloniy, Cholpon and Is’hoqkhon Ibrat, representatives of Jadidism. Students who answered the questions adequately were awarded with fiction books by M. Kholbekova, Head of the Department of Youth Work, Spirituality and Education.