Russia and Madagascar have agreed to continue developing cooperation in education. At a meeting, participants noted interest in learning Russian in Madagascar, where it is taught as a second foreign language in educational institutions.
The Russian side said it was ready to send teachers to Madagascar, provide professional development for local educators and support the preparation of teaching materials for Russian as a foreign language.
Since 2023, a Centre for Open Education in Russian and Russian-language learning has operated at the University of Antananarivo. It has taught 500 people, while its educational and outreach events have reached 1,000 Malagasy citizens.
Participants agreed to consider cooperation under the international humanitarian project Russian Teacher Abroad. The project provides for Russian teachers to be sent overseas to teach Russian as well as mathematics, science and other natural science subjects in Russian.
The meeting also covered secondary vocational and continuing education, as well as children’s recreation. From October 16 to 29, the My History Foundation is holding the educational programme Friendship Bridge: Russia and the World at the Smena All-Russian Children’s Centre in Anapa.
The programme has 40 schoolchildren aged 12 to 17 from Madagascar, Egypt, Congo, Uganda, the Central African Republic, Tunisia, South Africa and Mongolia. Madagascar is represented by five students aged 15 to 17 from Alasura Lyceum in Antananarivo.
The meeting was attended by Artur Dziov, rector of Shadrinsk State Pedagogical University; Anastasia Kalugina, first deputy head of the My History Foundation for the Support of Humanities; Irina Ponomareva, head of the International Cooperation Centre of Russia’s Ministry of Education; and Alexey Cherkezov, president of the Christian World Union for the Preservation of Traditional Spiritual Values.
