Education Minister Dr. Susil Premajayantha told the Chinese Education Minister that he expects China’s support to further strengthen digital education, which is empowered through education reforms.
This was mentioned in a special meeting held between Minister Premajayantha and China’s Education Minister Huai Jinpeng, who participated in the 42nd session of the UNESCO General Conference held in Paris, France.
The Minister expressed his gratitude to the Chinese government for the intention of Sri Lanka to face the future as a country powered by innovation for a transformative education process and for the support provided by China since time immemorial.
The progress of the educational reform measures and educational development programs implemented in the country’s education sector were also discussed there.
Regarding the challenges that Sri Lanka is currently facing in the face of development efforts and the solutions that can be obtained at the international level, especially the future measures to be taken to strengthen the education system in Sri Lanka so that it can contribute to economic development, and the goals expected to be achieved through close relations between the two countries. There was a long exchange of ideas between the two sides.
And recently, President Ranil Wickremesinghe signed a Memorandum of Understanding with China’s Huawei Institute for the digitisation of education in Sri Lanka.
The Minister said that Huawei Institute is present as a strategic partner for the digitization of schools in Sri Lanka.
The Minister further stated that the support provided by Huawei for China to exchange technical advice and technical knowledge and to provide technical officer training and infrastructure is highly appreciated.
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