EXCHANGE OF EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC INNOVATIONS CONTRIBUTES TO DEVELOPMENT

ARKA News Agency, Armenia
Oct 25 2007

YEREVAN, October 25. /ARKA/. Exchange of educational and scientific
innovations contributes to the political and economic development of
the Commonwealth of Independent State (CIS), Byelorussian Minister
of Education and Science Alexander Radkov stated at the 20th meeting
of the CIS Council for Educational and Scientific Cooperation.

"We must ensure the development of the education systems in our
countries, which will shape personalities and train specialists,"
the Minister said. According to him, the CIS member-countries should
coordinate their achievements, identify problems that are often common
to all.

"Developing the national education systems, we see the necessity
for coordinating many positions, particularly the development of
IT technologies, education of children in present-day information
environment, creation of electronic, audio and CD text-books,"
Radkov said.

He pointed out that the Council’s meetings facilitate the elaboration
of a common educational development strategy, which will allow the
countries to reach a proper quality.

"We will discuss issues of accrediting and certifying various
educational institutions. We recognize certificates of comprehensive
and higher education and want to know the degree of correspondence
between a certificate and the higher school that issued it," Radkov
said.

He also pointed out the importance of exchanging scientific
achievements, without which higher education cannot exist.

Delegations from Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Kirghizstan,
Tajikistan and Moldova are participating in the 20th meeting of the
CIS Council for Educational and Scientific Cooperation.

The 13th conference of the CIS Ministers of Education is to open in
Yerevan on Friday.