Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training, Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, met with a high powered delegation led by the Minister of Education and Science of Kyrgyzstan, Ms Dogdurkul Kendirbaeva, here on Monday.
The meeting was also attended by the Ambassador of Kyrgyzstan to Pakistan Avazbek Atakhanov, Additional Secretary Education Hassan Saqlain and Senior Joint Secretary Junaid Ikhlaq.
Welcoming Ms Dogdurkul Kendirbaeva and her delegation, Dr Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui said the International Conference on Girl’s education has provided the Islamic countries with an opportunity to come closer.
He said that he welcomes the enhanced cooperation between Kyrgyzstan and Pakistan in the field of education. He said the two countries have cultural, linguistic and people to people love for each other.
The Minister discussed exchange of expertise and knowledge regarding Vocational and Technical Training. He said the two countries can benefit from the experience of each other.
He acknowledged and praised the long standing cordial relations between the two countries. He said there is significant potential in cooperation between the two countries.
The Minister said that Teacher’s Training and quality of education have been given the highest priority since he has taken the office. He said Pakistan and Kyrgyzstan should enhance their bilateral ties specially in exchange of technology, education and research.
He said digitalisation of the education sector can address numerous challenges of today and tomorrow. He highlighted the E-Taleem and Teleschool platforms developed by the Ministry of Education in its bid to develop digital solutions to the prevalent problems in the public education sector.
The Minister said Pakistan has always collaborated with the Muslim countries and looks forward to enhancing bilateral and multilateral cooperation with Kyrgyzstan.
He appreciated the developments in the education sector of Kyrgyzstan and said through exchange of expertise Pakistan can learn from their road to progress.
The Minister said that we should also look towards collaboration on multilateral platforms such as Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO).
The Minister of Education and Science of Kyrgyzstan, Ms Dogdurkul Kendirbaeva said that people of Kyrgyzstan have deep affiliation with Pakistan.
She said that University to University cooperation and Technical Institution to Technical Institution collaboration is the way forward. She also briefed the Federal Minister about a digital learning platform being used in Kyrgyzstan that has reaped good results.
She said both the countries should exchange expertise on the development of digital learning platforms, in order to benefit from the experience of each other.