Hong Kong and Pakistan sign MoU on strategic education collaboration

Pakistan and Hong Kong will increase cooperation with each other in the education sector.

A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in this regard has been signed between the Education Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) and the Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training of Pakistan.

Under the agreement, both countries will embark on mutually beneficial initiatives, including the exchange of expertise and experience, exchange of educational literature, teaching aids and demonstration materials, as well as exchanges of scholars, teachers, experts, students and other education personnel.

Choi Yuk-lin, education secretary of the HKSAR government, said that the MOU marks the beginning of a new phase of close cooperation between Hong Kong and Pakistan in the area of education.

The HKSAR government has signed nine MOUs with countries along the Belt and Road to date, Choi said.