Higher education institutions in Turkmenistan to receive international status by 2024

AKIPRESS.COM - Turkmenistan is working to include the country's universities in the list of prestigious higher education institutions of international level, said the Deputy Prime Minister Purli Agamyradov at a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers held on April 18 via videoconference.
A working commission was created, which included specialists from the ministries of education, foreign Affairs and justice in order to study this issue and to improve the sphere of higher professional education.
The Commission has prepared a "Plan of measures to include our country's universities in the list of higher education institutions of international level until 2024".
In accordance with this document, universities will receive international accreditation, establish international academic activities of students and teaching staff, and, based on the achievements of world science and accumulated national experience, introduce innovative methods in educational and scientific activities.
The inclusion of Turkmenistan's universities in the list of prestigious higher education institutions of international level will target the younger generation of Turkmen citizens to actively develop new knowledge and modern technologies, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov gave the Deputy Prime Minister specific instructions to intensify work in this direction.