On the morning of December 15, 2021, Beijing Normal University and UNESCO International Research and Training Centre for Rural Education (“INRULED”) visited Academy for International Business Officials (AIBO), Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China. In-depth discussions were conducted on disseminating China's high-quality experience in education to help developing countries develop, building an international education exchange platform, and foreign-related training programs in the field of women and girls’ education.
Zhu Xudong, Dean of the Faculty of Education of Beijing Normal University, introduced in detail the experience and achievements of the INRULED and Beijing Normal University in the cultivation of human resources in international education, as well as the advantages of teachers and platforms. Zeng Xiaodong, Executive Director of the INRULED, systematically introduced the basic situation and projects’ planning of the INRULED. Thanks to the strong advantages of Beijing Normal University in the field of education and training, INRULED focuses on empowering rural populations in developing countries through education and looks forward to participating in foreign aid training to jointly promote educational development plans in developing countries, capacity building of primary and secondary schools’ principals, and education for women and children.
Chen Runyun, Vice President of the AIBO, appreciated the achievements of Beijing Normal University and INRULED in the cultivation of international education talents, and proposed that both parties actively explore their functions in building a Community of Shared Future for Mankind. INRULED can make full use of its unique advantages as an international exchange and cooperation platform, relying on the strength of the teachers of Beijing Normal University, and integrate into foreign aid training work in a diversified cooperation mode, especially in the field of women and girls’ education.
The two parties exchanged the latest progress of the work and discussed in depth the possibility and direction of future cooperation. In July 2021, INRULED began the design of a series of development courses on "Education and Rural Development". It is hoped to summarize China's mechanism and experience of promoting development through education, review and interpret China's development achievements with the existing development theory and development framework, and contribute to theoretical revision and practical accumulation of education and rural development research. Taking this series of courses as a product model, INRULED will actively apply for training projects abroad, and firstly participate in the Ministry of Commerce's existing education officer training and international raining programs relating to women and girls, and through joint schooling, participation in teaching and other ways, to join the foreign aid training system and to serve the national strategy.
Relevant personnel from the Office of International Exchange and Cooperation at Beijing Normal University and the Project Department of INRULED are accompanied during this visit.
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