Muscat : The Omani-Brunei Joint Committee held its fourth meeting to discuss means of enhancing cooperation between the two countries in the economic, investment and cultural fields.
The meeting reviewed the trade and investment relations between the two countries and the means of promoting them in sectors of common interest. These include the exchange of expertise in best practices in writing and developing curricula, mechanisms for drafting school books, and career guidance programs in both countries, in addition to enhancing cooperation in student guidance programs, health awareness initiatives, and studying labour market trends and future needs.
The two sides agreed to enhance the exchange of scholarships for undergraduate and postgraduate studies, support the exchange of students and academics between higher education institutions in Oman and Brunei Darussalam, facilitate the exchange of information on the procedures for submitting applications for recognition of Omani higher education institutions with the authorities concerned in Brunei, enhance cooperation in teaching Arabic to non-native speakers, organise direct bilateral programs between Omani higher education institutions and their counterparts in Brunei, and benefiting from Brunei Vision 2035 in the areas of lifelong learning and private education.
