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the below extract is taken from Bernama
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October 06, 2008 15:07 PM

Education: More Countries Keen On Tapping Into Malaysia's Experience

From Leslean ArshadPARIS, Oct 6 (Bernama) -- Foreign countries, especially developing ones, are increasingly keen on tapping into Malaysia's experience in developing their education system.This follows Malaysia's active participation as a member of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation's (Unesco) executive board, said Education Ministry's Secretary-General Tan Sri Dr Zulkurnain Awang.He said that since Education Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein's election into Unesco's executive board in October last year, Malaysia had been receiving visits from countries such as Oman, Yemen and South Korea which were keen on studying the country's education system.He said Saudi Arabia had also given contract to Malaysia to implement the smart school concept in that country.Zulkurnain said Hishammmudin had also been invited by the Mexican government to table a working paper on Malaysia's success story in education, in particular, its teachers' training programme and the provision of quality education."Such a session is useful in promoting Malaysia as a centre of excellence and provide good opportunities for networking as well as for disseminating direct information on Malaysia to other countries," he told Bernama.Hishamuddin was elected into Unesco's executive board after obtaining 147 votes in the Asia-Pacific group during the organisation's 34th general assembly in October.Zulkurnain said Malaysia's participation in Unesco, through the education minister, would enable the country to promote its achievement in the field of education and at the same time, enable Malaysia to tap into the experience of others.He said Unesco's objective of promoting education for all (EFA) was in line with Malaysia's own initiative to expand accessibility to education."We have been receiving recognition from many countries in Asia, Middle East, Africa and Latin America because of Malaysia's EFA undertaking," he said.-- BERNAMA

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I dunno lah. but I guess everyone wants a their future children to be 'lab rats' of the ministers...