AGENTS EXPLORING PLACES FOR STUDENTS FROM KAZAKSHTAN

KUALA LUMPUR, March 9 (Bernama) -- Six Kazakhstan education agents are here
to explore places for students from the central Asian country to study in
Malaysia.

The delegation from the Kazakhstan Association of Education Agents (KAEA),
who are here from March 6 to 13, is visiting Universiti Kuala Lumpur, Multimedia
University, USCI University, Lim Kok Wing University, UCTI, Legenda Education
Group and Asia e-University.

The visit is organised by the Exporters Club of Malaysia.

Club president Abdul Kabur Ibrahim said in a statement here Tuesday that
there were now almost 1,000 students from Kazakhstan studying in Malaysian
universities and colleges compared with only six students four years ago.

Olga Pluzhnikova, manager of the Linguistic Centre, Kazakhstan, said the
KAEA was set up to establish cooperation with Malaysian education institutions
in sending their students to Malaysia.

-- BERNAMA