EDUCATION MINISTER VISITS PHILLIPINES,BRUNEI

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 19 (Bernama) -- Education Minister Hishammuddin Hussein will make an official visit to Brunei and the Phillipines in his capacity as the president of the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organisation (SEAMEO) from Sunday until Jan 21.

Hishammuddin, also going in the capacity of a member of the United Nations
Education, Science and Culture Organisation (UNESCO) executive board, will be
studying the best practices in education implemented in these two countries.

According to an Education Ministrys press statement here, Hishammuddin will
visit SEAMEO Excellence Centres as well as meet officers from the SEAMEO
Regional Centre for Educational Innovation and Technology, SEAMEO Regional
Centre for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture and SEAMEO Regional Centre
for Public Health in the Phillipines.

Whilst in Brunei, he will visit the SEAMEO Regional Centre for Vocational
and Technical Education and Training, and pay a courtesy call to the Sultan of
Brunei. Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah.

Also on Hishammuddin's agenda would be discussions on the atrocities
committed by Israel in its latest invasion of Gaza, which has had a major impact
on youths throughout the world.
-- BERNAMA