Minister of Education and Science Pance Kralev held Tuesday a working meeting with his Polish counterpart Barbara Kudrycka.

Both ministers at the meeting expressed mutual satisfaction with the ongoing cooperation and friendship between Macedonia and Poland, the Ministry of Education and Science said.

Pointing out the most important educational reforms, minister Kralev briefed his counterpart on Macedonia's educational system, most notably higher education and the development of science in Macedonia. The Polish Minister of Science and Higher Education, Kudrycka shared her country's experience on the matter.

Interlocutors also discussed the cooperation agreement in the field of science and higher education, which is due to be signed by Macedonia and Poland. Both ministers agreed that the signing of the document would provide a legal framework to motivate and enhance the bilateral cooperation.

Kralev and Kudrycka concluded that various educational programmes within the EU were an important platform for boosting the cooperation between the countries. They concurred that student and professor mobility in the frameworks of Europe's programmes and countries' exchange was key in the development of any educational system, stated the press release.