S Korea, Oman sign MOU on education cooperation

South Korea and Oman on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on expanding bilateral cooperation in education, Seoul's Ministry of Education, Science and Technology said. The MOU signed in Seoul between South Korea's Minister of Education Lee Ju-ho from South Korea and his Omani counterpart Dr. Madiha Bint Ahmed Al Shibaniyah calls for closer cooperation in fields such as the fostering of teachers, vocational training, education curriculum and evaluations, and e-learning, the ministry said according to South Korea's news agency (Yonhap). South Korea and Oman established diplomatic ties in March 1974.