The first meeting of the Minister of Education, Sports and Youth, Ms Athina Michaelidou, with the Ambassador of Greece to Cyprus, Mr. Ioannis Papameletiou, took place today.
During the meeting, both welcomed the very close relationship between the Embassy of Greece and the Ministry, and discussed issues related to the existing cooperation between the two countries in the field of education. First of all, the existing Cooperation Programme in the field of education was discussed and the need to update and modernise its provisions was underlined. Reference was also made to the multiple benefits for both sides of the recent signing of the Agreement on mutual academic recognition of university degrees and the importance for Cyprus of the existing cooperation in the field of Greek language learning, through the Memorandum of Understanding, was underlined.
The Minister did not fail to express her satisfaction for the very close cooperation between the Ministry and the Institute of Computer Technology and Publishing "DIOPHANTOS", the National Centre for Audiovisual Media and Communication and the Greek Institute for Educational Policy in matters of educational policy, teacher training and exchange of educational material.
Finally, the will of both parties to promote as many twinning arrangements between schools as possible was expressed, as well as the intention to further deepen the long-standing cooperation on education issues.
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