Yemen-Malaysia talks on higher education cooperation
The Source: KUALA LUMPUR,/hadhramaut.info/sabanews.net - 22/10/2010
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Minister for Higher Education and Scientific Research Saleh BaSurrah met on Friday, in Malaysia's capital Kuala Lumpur, with his Malaysian counterpart Dato' Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin.
They discussed aspects of cooperation between the two countries in the higher education and scientific research sector.BaSurrah said Yemen is ready to provide all facilities to enable Malaysian universities open branches in Yemen and to organize joint exhibitions by universities in both countries.He stressed the importance that Malaysia provides more facilities to Yemeni students inside it, as he said the relationship between Yemeni and Malaysian universities should not be restricted to teaching students.This relationship, however, should be expanded to cover the exchange of visiting professors, applicable programmes and joint researches, specially in the information technology field, exchanging scientific publications and learning from Malaysian expertise.Yemen's Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research is keen to learn from the Malaysian expertise in academic accreditation and quality assurance, he added.For his part, Nordin underlined the distinguished cooperation between his country and Yemen in all areas, as he said that his ministry will take necessary steps to tackle all problems facing Yemeni students in Malaysia.He also stressed the importance of activating mutual academic cooperation agreement.
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