ONA__HH Sayyid Fahd bin Mahmoud al-Said, Deputy Prime Minister for the Council of Ministers yesterday received GCC Higher Education and Research Ministers and GCC Education Ministers.

The ministers were attending the 23rd meeting of the Committee of GCC Ministers of Higher Education and Research and the 7th meeting of the Committee of GCC Ministers of Education, currently hosted by the Sultanate of Oman.

After welcoming the guests, HH Sayyid Fahd expressed his appreciation for the efforts they have been undertaking to develop education, higher education and research. He stressed the importance of achieving further cooperation among member states to ensure the realization of the desired goals in those sectors.

Then, HH Sayyid Fahd spoke about the attention accorded to education in Oman, notably the qualitative expansion taking place in this sector and the efforts made to upgrade it in line with a long-term future vision.

HH Sayyid Fahd explained that education constitutes the basic pillar of the progress and prosperity of nations. He added that investment in the field of education and research figures among the top priorities of the drive to keep pace progress in the world.