Pakistan and Qatar have moved to significantly strengthen their strategic cooperation in education, agreeing to expand collaboration across foundational learning, digital education, and workforce development. The commitment emerged during a high-level meeting in Doha between Pakistan’s Minister of State for Federal Education and Professional Training (MoFEPT) Wajiha Qamar, and Qatar’s Minister of Education and Higher Education, Lolwa bint Rashid Al-Khater.
Both ministers stressed that enhanced bilateral engagement is essential to improving educational quality, boosting youth employability, and accelerating long-term human development in both nations. They reaffirmed a shared vision to deepen cooperation in several priority areas, including foundational literacy, technical and vocational education, teacher training, and digital learning systems.
Minister Wajiha Qamar briefed her counterpart on Pakistan’s reform agenda, highlighting innovations in TVET, expanding STEM pathways, and initiatives to increase girls’ access to education. She welcomed Qatar’s readiness to support these efforts through targeted collaboration.
To translate their commitments into action, the two sides discussed concrete mechanisms such as institutional partnerships between universities and vocational centers, joint research initiatives, coordinated capacity-building programs, structured student and faculty exchanges, and systematic knowledge-sharing on governance and skills development.
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Minister Qamar expressed gratitude to the Qatari government for its warm hospitality and reaffirmed Pakistan’s resolve to further strengthen this strategic education partnership for the benefit of students, educators, and future workforces in both countries.