Education World Forum 2024: Tunisia to boost cooperation in scientific and academic fields

Tunis: The Education World Forum 2024, which was held from May 20 to 22, in London, represented an opportunity for Tunisia to boost cooperation and partnership in the scientific and academic fields. During the event, Higher Education and Scientific Research Minister Moncef Boukthir and his Palestinian counterpart Amjad Barham agreed to sign a cooperation agreement in the academic field as soon as possible. Boukthir underlined Tunisia's commitment to boost cooperation with Palestine by opening Tunisian universities' doors for Palestinian students and offer them scholarships. The Forum made it possible to consolidate partnership between Tunisia and Great Britain in the sectors of higher education and scientific research, entrepreneurial leadership, the English language as well as student and teacher mobility. An emphasis was also placed on the progress of the new cooperation programme developed between Higher Education and Scientific Research Minister Boukthir and Global Director for Education at the World Bank Luis Benveniste. The new cooperation programme between Tunisia and the World Bank Group in the field of higher education and scientific research will focus on the areas of adaptation to climate change and the digital transformation of the higher education and scientific research system, while disseminating operational, quality, governance and international openness programmes. In her meeting with the Higher Education and Scientific Research Minister, Microsoft Vice President Paige Johnson took interest in Tunisia's centers of expertise in the fields of educational technology. During the forum, Boukthir expressed Tunisia's willingness to invest in education and teaching, develop partnership and consolidate its position as an international university destination. Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse