Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan will sign a new agreement on cooperation in the field of education. 

During the meeting in Nur-Sultan, the Minister of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan Askhat Aimagambetov and the Minister of Public Education of the Republic of Uzbekistan Bakhtiyor Saidov agreed on this. A delegation from Uzbekistan arrived in Kazakhstan in order to get acquainted with the innovations introduced in the national education system.

The representative of the Uzbek side noted that earlier an agreement on interaction between the two countries was signed in 1994. In the conversation, the minister stressed that the updated document will help strengthen and bring cooperation between the two republics to a new level in the field of education.

Note that, first of all, upon arrival, Bakhtiyor Saidov visited the capital's schools.

“In my opinion, when preparing the draft agreement, it is welcomed to cover the entire range of priority areas of cooperation between our countries in the field of education. These are questions of teacher training, professional development, exchange of experience. We could organize a teacher trip to Kazakhstan and invite Kazakh teachers to Uzbekistan. I think it will be a useful exchange of experience and opinions. Today I spoke with many Kazakh teachers. I saw eyes that are burning, people who are worried about the future of their country. Many teachers think about how to transfer knowledge and how to form a student as a person,” said the Minister of Public Education of the Republic of Uzbekistan Bakhtiyor Saidov.

During his visit to the capital's schools, Bakhtiyor Saidov was presented with digital projects integrated into the educational process. Saidov also got acquainted with the system of public-private partnership and per capita financing in Kazakhstani schools. Saidov noted that in order to improve the school education in Uzbekistan, both the Kazakh public-private partnership (PPP) system, which allows increasing competition between private schools, and the transition to per capita financing will be studied.