PETALING JAYA: Education institutions founded by MCA will begin new collaborations with more Chinese universities following a bilateral dialogue with the Chinese Education Minister last night , says Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong.
UTAR will also set up the Confucius Institute at its Sg Long campus in collaboration with Dezhou University. “I believe this will mark the beginning of more highly efficient collaboration between the two countries,” Dr Wee said in a statement after the dialogue between MCA leaders and the Secretary of the Communist Party of China Leading Group of the Ministry of Education and Chinese Education Minister Huai Jinpeng and his delegation in Mandarin Oriental hotel, Kuala Lumpur on Friday evening.
“I shared that MCA has set two main objectives for future development in the education field – to improve the country’s proficiency in mathematics and science, and promote vocational training. We hope to achieve a win-win situation by collaborating with our Chinese partners in these two areas,” he said.