Ministry Signs Education MOU With Connecticut

By Rachel Lin and Esme Yeh / Staff reporter, with staff writer

The Ministry of Education and the Connecticut State Department of Education on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on education at the Connecticut State Capitol, the ministry said yesterday.

The ministry has now signed 28 educational MOUs with 25 US states, International and Cross-strait Education Department official Liu Ju-fang (劉如芳) said, adding that it would continue to integrate resources from government agencies, local governments, and domestic educational and academic institutions to promote various bilateral educational exchanges under the Taiwan-US Education Initiative based on a three-year plan.

To enhance educational exchanges and connections between Taiwan and the US at the state level, the ministry has signed educational MOUs with Connecticut and Maine last month, following negotiations by the education divisions of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Boston and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York, Liu said.

Ministry signs education MOU with Connecticut

Photo: Rachel Lin, Taipei Times

The three-year MOU with the Connecticut State Department of Education was signed by International and Cross-strait Education Department Director-General Lee Yu-chuan (李毓娟) and Connecticut Department of Education Commissioner Charlene Russell-Tucker, she said.

The signing was witnessed by Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont and Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York Director Tom Lee (李志強).

Lee said that the first MOU signed between the ministry and Connecticut is expected to facilitate mutual understanding and promote common interests.

It would facilitate bilateral research projects and professional exchanges, encourage collaborations in linguistic and STEM — science, technology, engineering and mathematics — education, and increase mutual learning opportunities for Mandarin and English teachers, she said.

Lee and Maine Department of Education Commissioner Pender Makin signed an educational MOU on Jan. 22. It was the fifth renewal of the MOU since it was initially signed in 2009, Lee said.

Additional reporting by CNA

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