Education is an undertaking for the future.

In recent years, developing countries have been attaching importance to education and increasing state investment in the education sector.

Mongolia decided to add artificial intelligence subject to the curricula of all secondary schools. It is implementing a project for training 30 AI teachers using a program developed by a research team. It is also planning to set the day of artificial intelligence in October.

Indonesia has announced a programme for establishing 200 boarding primary schools that would educate children of poor families free of charge. Not only the school expenses but also the funds needed for the feeding and boarding are free, and public facilities run by central or local governments are planned to be used as the educational facilities.

The president of Zambia visited his old school in May and talked with the teaching staff, reaffirming his commitment to supporting the educational sector. Saying that education is everything to them, he reiterated the government’s stand of giving top priority to the development of the country’s education.

The Egyptian prime minister at a cabinet meeting recalled once again the president’s instruction on strengthening the government’s support to applied technology schools in the field of information and communications, and said that it is necessary to strengthen the support to and research in the field of information and communications technology which will be one of the core pillars of development and leap forward in various fields in the future.

The president of Mauritania gave a reception for representatives of students on the occasion of Ramadan, and stressed that he would double the state budget allocated to the higher education sector, improve the studying and living conditions of students and take necessary measures to raise the scientific research system to the level of advanced countries. He also said that he would build a new veterinary college and agricultural science college within a few years, modernize clinics and canteens of all colleges and establish online education dissemination centres in the capital and local areas so that everyone can receive college education.

Nigeria has recently established a special school for young people to teach them modern science and technology. The school, which has branches in six parts of the country, aims to educate and train young people to realize their dreams and contribute to social development of their regions. At present, more than 60 million young people at home and abroad are reportedly hoping to attend the school.

Besides, many countries like Pakistan, Algeria, Afghanistan, Cambodia, South Africa and Lesotho are putting great efforts into developing education while prioritizing talents.