Education Minister Maszlee Malik is currently in Doha, Qatar to represent the country at the World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) 2019.

The summit, themed “UnLearn, ReLearn: What it means to be Human”, began today until Nov 21.

Maszlee was met on arrival last night at the Hamad International Airport by the first secretary at the Malaysian embassy in Qatar, Firdaus Akhimullah al-Hakim Ramly and embassy staff.

The minister's itinerary for today includes meeting with the Dean of Georgetown University, Ahmad Dalal at the university to explore future collaboration.

He is scheduled to attend the opening plenary for the WISE Summit 2019 at the Qatar National Convention Centre.

In addition, he is expected to attend a high-level lunch meeting and a ministerial round table discussion on Agile Policy Making and Implementation.

Maszlee is scheduled to hold bilateral meetings with counterparts and representatives from other countries.

Over 1,500 experts, researchers and innovators from around the world gathered for the biennial global platform to foster new collaboration and to find ways to address pressing global education challenges.

- Bernama