Cooperation between Kazakhstan and Qatar in the field of education and science has great potential

On May 8 , 2023 , Ambassador A. Issagaliyev met with the Minister of Education and Higher Education of the State of Qatar, Busein bint Ali Al-Nuaimin, to discuss priority areas for the development of cooperation in the field of education and science.

This ministry has done a great job to improve the quality of education and has opened branches of the best foreign universities in Doha, where more than 40 Kazakhstani students are currently studying.
During the meeting, the Kazakh diplomat noted the great potential for full-scale cooperation in the educational and scientific fields. In particular, the possibilities of granting scholarships at leading universities of both countries and organizing an exchange of students and teachers.

Special attention was paid to the issues of enhancing interaction between relevant bodies and higher education institutions of the two countries within the framework of the Agreement on Cooperation in the field of education, higher education and Research between the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Ministry of Education and Higher Education of the State of Qatar, signed in October 2022 as part of the state visit of the Emir of Qatar to Astana.

The parties also discussed issues of cooperation within the framework of the OIC, IOFS, UNESCO, ISESCO and other international organizations.