Angola looks to Israel for inspiration in its higher education system
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- 04 May 2023
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Last week Israel saw a visit from Angola’s Minister of Higher Education, Science, Technology, and Innovation Maria do Rosario Braganca in an attempt to improve cooperation between the two countries in relation to innovation within higher education. The visit saw audiences at institutions such as Afeka College of Engineering, the Technion Institute, the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in an effort to better understand how Israel’s education system is preparing its students for a better future.
“Israel has been developing its higher education system and its preschool system in order to achieve levels of more than 50% of the population having a university degree. We can use this knowledge in our country,” explained Maria do Rosario Braganca, Angola’s Minister of Higher Education, Science, Technology, and Innovation during her visit. The trip was accompanied by Focus Education, the education arm of the Mitrelli Group, specializing in long-term educational projects in collaboration with governments, academic institutions, and private partners. “Something important for us is the theme of innovation, and we wanted to see how this theme is being developed positively in Israel.”
srael contains some of the most prestigious educational institutions in the world, such as the Weizmann Institute of Science, Tel Aviv University, the Technion Israel Institute of Technology, and the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. According to Israel’s Council for Higher Education, Israel is among the world’s leaders in terms of the number of higher education graduates and academic alumni among 25–64-year-olds. Graduates in Israel have a plethora of opportunities to enter the country’s prestigious ‘Startup Nation’ in high tech and excel in industries pertaining to AI, Cybersecurity, Fintech, Medicine, and many other fields. Read More..
