30 AFGHAN TEACHERS UNDERGOING TRAINING IN MALAYSIA

KUALA LUMPUR, June 29 (Bernama) -- Beginning Monday, 30 teachers from
Afghanistan will attend a three-month teachers training programme here.

The aim of the programme is to enable them to master the English language
and Islamic teachings.

The 27 male and three female teachers will undergo the stint at the
International Languages Teacher Training Institute in Lembah Pantai for the
English language, and at its Bangi campus for Islamic teaching.

"This programme will help the teachers to increase their knowledge,
exchange experiences and enhance the development of delivery in teaching," said
Education Ministry Teachers Professional Development Sector deputy
director-general Asariah Mior Shaharuddin.

The teachers are here under the auspices of the Malaysia-Australia Education
Project for Afghanistan (MAEPA), a collaborative programme involving the
education ministries of Malaysia, Australia and Afghanistan Education Ministry,
to train teachers from Afghanistan and develop their country's education system.

The MAEPA programme is the outcome of a meeting between former prime
minister Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd
during his inaugural visit to Malaysia on July 10, last year.

-- BERNAMA