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	<P>  YANGON (Oct. 22) XINHUA - Myanmar and Brunei will cooperate in
the field of education as part of their efforts to strengthen bilateral
ties.

	<P> Brunei Minister of Education Abdul Aziz Umar, who is currently here at
the invitation of his Myanmar counterpart U Than Aung, is due to meet
Myanmar education officials later Thursday and discuss the proposed
cooperation.

	<P> In May this year, Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah paid a state visit to
Myanmar, during which the two countries agreed to set up a Joint
Commission for Bilateral Cooperation to further strengthen and expand
their ties particularly in economic, trade, social, cultural  fields of
mutual interests.

	<P> U Than Aung attended in Brunei in February the meeting of the Southeast
Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO), chaired by Umar,
who is also president of the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education
Council of the SEAMEO.

	<P> Myanmar has planned to revise its education curriculum to conform to
the education standards in other member states of the Association of
Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), aiming to turn out skilled workers and
technicians in the process of human resources development.

	<P> A committee in the education sector is also being formed in Myanmar for
the participation in the activities of ASEAN along with other
committees in other sectors.

	<P> Both Myanmar and Brunei are ASEAN members.