Group photo with the Kenyan delegation.

On May 24th, a delegation from the Vocational Education and Training Department of the Kenyan Ministry of Education, led by Chief Secretary Dr. Esther Thaara Muoria, along with Mr. Samuel Waweru, Director of the ICT Office at the Kenyan Ministry of Education, Orina Makori, Senior Trainer at Kenyan Vocational Schools, and Joyline Cheruiyot, Senior Project Coordinator of Kenya's Jitume Initiative, visited our university. Vice President Li Yue, Director of the International Exchange and Cooperation Office Wang Bingfeng, Dean of the School of Telecommunications Song Rong, and others participated in a discussion with the delegation. The meeting was chaired by Wang Longjie from the School of Telecommunications.

During the meeting, Li Yue introduced the university's development history, basic information, an overview of international exchange and cooperation, and the progress of industry-education integration and specialty industry colleges. She highlighted that in recent years, China and African countries like Kenya have closely interacted in the field of vocational education, with broad prospects for cooperation. The university actively implements the "Belt and Road" initiative and has engaged in various effective cooperation forms with Kenya in areas such as faculty and student exchanges, educational resource sharing, joint research, and cultural and language exchanges. These efforts have significantly promoted the advancement of higher and vocational education levels in both countries, better serving the regional and national economic and social development. Li Yue emphasized that the university will continue to deepen vocational education cooperation with Kenya and other African countries, jointly exploring new pathways for high-quality development and contributing wisdom and strength to building a community with a shared future for mankind.

Dr. Esther Thaara Muoria provided a detailed introduction to the scale, major fields, and international development of higher and vocational education in Kenya. She expressed strong support for Kenyan universities to collaborate with our university in faculty training, curriculum development, vocational education research, and welcomed our faculty and students to visit Kenya for exchanges and support. She expressed the hope to work closely with our university in areas such as information technology, cloud computing, electronic mechanics, cross-border e-commerce, and cultural tourism to enhance the employment and entrepreneurial capabilities of Kenyan youth. She also expressed a desire to learn from our university's experience in deep integration of schools and enterprises.

Both parties expressed their intention to collaborate in academic exchanges, teacher training, and student visits to promote the sharing of educational resources, broaden the international perspectives of faculty and students, and advance the development of vocational education.

The delegation toured the university.

Before the meeting, the delegation visited the university’s Huawei ICT Academy, Chongli Academy, Institute of IoT, and Integrated Circuit Research Institute. They highly praised the university’s advanced practices in deep integration of industry and education, substantial application research achievements, and rigorous and orderly management system. (Wang Kang, Huawei IASC)