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APEC Education Ministers today sign joint declaration

(LIP-do) -- The Education Ministers of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) member economies will sign today a joint declaration which sets out the agreements reached and the contributions of each of the delegations participating in the 4th Education Ministerial Meeting. Yesterday, High-Level Commission Chairman, Vice-Admiral Luis Giampietri, said that the exchange of bilateral experiences between Peru and the other APEC Member Economies in the frame of the 4th APEC Education Ministerial Meeting is very important and opens huge possibilities to improve educational processes in Peru.

In this regard, he reminded that during the current Ministerial Meeting, bilateral meetings with Malaysia, Singapore, Australia and the United States would take place, which would bring as a consequence the signature of agreements related to the education sector. "These meetings and the exchange of experiences will bring a good opportunity for the different Economies to learn form each other", said Vice-Admiral Giampietri.


Chilean students interested in learning gastronomy in Peru

The Chilean students of gastronomy are very interested in learning this main subject in Peru, stated today the Chilean minister of Education, Sally Bendersky Schachner in the framework of an exchange policy of educative experiences among the countries of the region. Bendersky said that one of the purposes of Chile's educative policy is to subscribe agreements which allows Chilean students to study in Peru and vice versa.

"Our students are very interested in learning gastronomy in Peru and we could sing an agreement regarding this topic. We aim to study what we have called the "student mobility" and the exchange of experiences among the countries of the region”, she said. In addition, the Chilean minister stated, at a press conference, that in Chile the priority factor is the access of education for all the community, from the urban area and to themost remote zones, reaching an increase in the number of students with superior education in the last years.


News Source: Andina