Events
Central Asian states to discuss joint initiatives on language teaching
When
20 June 2007 (All day) - 21 June 2007 (All day)
Where
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Organized by
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Ministry of Education and Science of the Kyrgyz Republic
The High Commissioner on National Minorities and Kyrgyzstan's Ministry of Education and Science will organize a meeting of the Working Group on Language Teaching.
The meeting will focus on how to teach the state (official) and minority languages in an efficient manner and use them as a means of integration in Central Asia's multi-ethnic societies. It will bring educational professionals from Central Asian states and is a part of the "Inter-state Dialogue on Social Integration and National Minority Education" launched by the Central Asian nations in November 2006 in Tashkent.
The process aims at promoting inter-state co-operation and mutual assistance in the field of education in order to further improve teaching standards in the region's minority-language schools and foster the integration of minority-language students in their home countries.