It is with great pleasure that I attend today's opening ceremony of the Cyprus International Education Exhibition "Education and Career 2023". This Exhibition is an important educational event, which has now become a successful institution for our country, thanks to the successful collaboration between the public and private sectors. This Exhibition is held for the eighth consecutive year and is a product of cooperation between the Ministry of Education, Sports and Youth, the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI), the Cyprus Federation of Employers and Industrialists (CPEI) and the European Office in Cyprus.
The organization of the Cyprus International Education Fair "Education and Career 2023" aims, among other things, to achieve the objective set by the Ministry of Education, Sports and Youth to provide appropriate information and guidance to both secondary school students and students, who are the future human resources of our country, as well as graduates of Higher Education Institutions and others interested in academic studies, vocational rehabilitation and training. For this reason, the Ministry of Education, Sports and Youth, apart from its capacity as co-organizer of this Fair, participates in it with its own Pavilion and has ensured that during the school year, senior high school and technical school students from all provinces of Cyprus can visit the Fair accompanied by their teachers.
At the stand of the Ministry of Education, Sports and Youth (MESY), visitors can obtain information from the Ministry's services related to Higher Education, as well as the relevant services that provide educational and career counselling support to prospective students. In particular, the Examinations Service, of the Directorate of Higher Education, informs the public about the Pancyprian Examinations for access to Public Universities of Cyprus and Greece and other recruitment examinations, as well as qualification certification examinations that it conducts. The Counselling and Vocational Education Service, of the Directorate of Secondary General Education, provides Educational and Vocational Counselling to students, young people and other interested parties. Also participating in the Ministry's pavilion are both the independent Higher Education Quality Assurance and Accreditation Body (HQAA), whose main responsibility is the evaluation of Cyprus' Higher Education Institutions and the accreditation of the quality of their curricula, as well as the Cyprus Council for the Recognition of Qualifications (CRLC), which is the competent body for the recognition of qualifications, such as the Post-secondary Institutes of Vocational Education and Training (MIEEK), which inform visitors about the study programmes and vocational training opportunities they offer.
The President's Governance Programme includes specific actions to support and upgrade our country's higher education, as well as the interconnection of curricula with the needs of the labour market, and it is in these directions that we will proceed, through cooperation and synergy with all our partners.
In conclusion, I would like to express my thanks to all the Exhibitors of this year's event.
I would also like to thank, once again, both the co-organizers of the Exhibition (KEBE, OEB and the European Office of Cyprus) for their close cooperation and active involvement in the implementation and continuous development of this institution, as well as the Directorates of the Ministry that worked for the realization of this year's event: The Directorate of Higher Education which was responsible for the coordination and implementation of this co-organization, the Programme Development Service of the Pedagogical Institute which contributed to the design of the Pavilion of the Ministry of Education, and all the Services/Agencies/Public Schools participating and staffing the Ministry's pavilion.
I am confident that the Cyprus International Education Exhibition "Education and Career 2023" will achieve its objectives again this year and its visitors will benefit from all the information and opportunities offered by this Exhibition.
Note.The address was delivered by the Director of Higher Education, Ms Terpsa Konstantinidou, on behalf of the Minister of Education.
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