Dr. Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, Minister of Federal Education and Professional Training meets delegation from Syria.
A delegation from Syria, led by Mr. Rami Al-Dhulli, Deputy Minister of Education in Syria, paid a visit to Dr. Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, Minister of Federal Education and Professional Training. Both Mr. Umar Hayat Khan, the deputy ambassador of Pakistan to Syria, and Mr. Ramiz Al-Rai, the ambassador of Syria to Pakistan, were present at the meeting. The conference was also attended by senior ministry officials, including Mr. Mohyuddin Ahmad Wani, the Secretary of Education.
According to Dr. Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, Minister of Federal Education and Professional Training, Pakistan and Syria have had cordial ties for a long time. According to him, Pakistan wants to help Syria improve its educational system by whatever means feasible. He asserted that both nations could only make progress in the field of education through collaboration and the sharing of knowledge. He underlined the importance of modernising and broadening the development of technical skills and stated that Pakistan intends to train millions of young people in advanced information and technology courses.
The group was given an overview of the government’s activities aimed at implementing the most recent best practices in the education sector by Secretary of Education, Mr. Mohyuddin Ahmad Wani. Mr. Wani outlined the various initiatives that the present administration has put in place to improve educational access and quality while lowering the number of children who are not in school. He stated that the School Meals Programme, which was started in the capital cities of AJK and GB, had produced amazing results. He expressed his hope that by implementing such innovative ideas, parents and children will be inspired to pursue further education.
Syria’s Deputy Minister of Education, Mr. Rami Al-Dhulli, stated that more educational exchange should take place despite Pakistan and Syria having multiple Memorandums of Understanding on the subject since 1971. He praised the Pakistani government’s efforts to lower the number of children who are not in school and stated that technical education can be crucial to improving the nation’s economy.
Syrian students were granted multiple scholarships by Dr. Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui. He declared that all Pakistani educational institutions welcome Syrian students. He advocated for teacher and student exchanges and extended research-based scholarships to Syrian doctoral candidates at QAU and AIOU.
He said that Pakistan has created cutting edge remote learning programmes like E-Taleem and that it has offered to share these technology with Syria. According to him, AIOU has an excellent remote learning programme and plans to construct a campus in Syria.
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