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Developing countries are paying close attention to education, regarding it as a crucial issue for achieving national prosperity.

Recently, the Brazilian president signed a plan for establishing a national integrated educational system. The system newly specifies the duties to be done by education-related departments of the federal and state governments and local autonomous communities and aims to strengthen the education-related guidance and cooperation in an integrated way. It is expected to be applied in the search for students’ academic records and the establishment of a policy for managing the dropout rate.

Indonesia made public a plan to draw up the largest-ever education budget in 2026. The president of the country said that the education budget plan for next year was made to develop Indonesia into a strong, independent and prosperous country, stressing that it should be used efficiently for the improvement of teachers’ levels.

The Singaporean ministry of education is promoting the research and introduction of advanced education methods. It has put primary effort to enhancing the support to teachers and training excellent educators.

The Iranian president in his speech at a government meeting mentioned some practical issues, including those of transforming colleges in a development-oriented way according to the global development trend in science and technology and education and of improving the efficiency of state support to colleges and continuously expanding state support to and investment in promising and capable colleges. Last September, he ordered the relevant agency to work out a detailed plan on the development of education.

African countries are making notable efforts for educational development.

The Egyptian president stressed the problems related to the development of and support to all elements of educational courses in a meeting with the prime minister and the minister of education and technical education. The Egyptian minister of higher education and scientific research noted that it is necessary to strengthen cooperation between colleges and industries in order to ensure practical relationship between science and application fields, and to redouble efforts to apply the establishment of the knowledge-based economy.

The Zimbabwean minister of foreign affairs and international trade said in his speech at a college in Mozambique that it is the mission of education to contribute to solving urgent problems facing the African people, including climate change and cultural development, and noted that the two countries should intensify cooperation for technical innovation and economic development.

The Malawian president said it is needed to abolish the school fees and enforce free primary and secondary education from January 2026.

Besides, Tunisia, Benin and other African countries are working proactively to develop education, while increasing investment in and state support to education.