Dakar – OnePress
Sudan and Senegal agreed to strengthen cooperation in the higher education sector and develop academic partnerships between their educational institutions, during a meeting between Sudan's Ambassador to Senegal, Abdelghani Al-Naim, and Senegal's Minister of National Education, Mustafa Mamba Gerassi, in the capital Dakar.
The two sides discussed ways to activate the existing memorandums of understanding, expand scholarship programs and academic exchange, as well as strengthen cooperation between universities and educational institutions in the two countries, thus contributing to the exchange of experiences and building human capacity.
The Senegalese minister praised the level of Sudanese education and the contribution of its graduates in various sectors in Senegal, stressing the importance of benefiting from the Sudanese experience in a number of educational and academic fields.
For his part, the Sudanese ambassador reviewed his country's efforts to maintain the stability and development of the educational process as a national priority, despite the challenges facing the country.
The meeting concluded with an agreement to develop practical mechanisms to facilitate the movement of students and researchers and exchange educational and administrative experiences, in a step that enhances bilateral cooperation and supports cultural and scientific integration between the two countries.