The Ambassador of Kazakhstan took part in an online webinar of the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology of Iran

On May 18 Ambassador of Kazakhstan Mr. Askhat Orazbay participated in a webinar of the Ministry of science, research and technology of the Islamic Republic of  Iran dedicated to the development of scientific and educational cooperation during Covid-19 pandemic.

The event chaired by the Minister of science, research and technology of the Islamic Republic of Iran Prof. Mansour Gholami was held with participation of heads of leading Iranian scientific, educational and research institutions as well as Ambassadors of Austria, Germany, Italy, Kazakhstan, China, Turkey, Switzerland and South Africa.

Ambassador of Kazakhstan in his speech told in detail about governmental measures for combating Covid-19 taken in Kazakhstan with a focus on the fields of science and education. It was highlighted that during a short period of time Kazakhstan managed to switch the educational process to distance learning without disruption of the study schedule for which the Digital Kazakhstan state program’s implementation was very helpful.

Given the fact that Covid-19 has become the biggest challenge for economies of many countries, he stressed the necessity of unification of scientific circles’ efforts in order to find ways out of the present crisis.

Taking into account potential of Kazakhstan and Iran, Ambassador Orazbay underlined the importance of development of the bilateral scientific and educational cooperation using modern online technologies. He also expressed his readiness to facilitate that process.   

For information: currently 9 Kazakh universities are actively engaged with 18 Iranian universities. It includes various types of cooperation in the field of education and science.

In 2019 seven groups of Iranian teachers and professors underwent skill development programs in 5 Kazakh universities.

At present 28 Iranian nationals study in Kazakhstan while 6 our citizens are students of Iranian universities.