Finnish Minister of Education visits the Council of Rectors

Together with a delegation from the Finnish Ministry of Education and Universities, Minister Krista Kiuru visited the Council of Rectors to share progress in academic collaboration and set priorities for the near future.

Finland's Minister of Education, Krista Kiuru, was received by the rectors Víctor Cubillos of the Austral University and Patricio Sanhueza of the University of Playa Ancha, who emphasized the importance of the agreements and dialogue established so far between the universities of the Council of Rectors of Chilean Universities (CRUCH) and Finnish institutions, particularly in the areas of initial teacher training, mining research, and forestry sciences. Both rectors stressed that the achievements made should be fostered through ongoing collaboration via meetings and seminars, as well as through the exchange of faculty and students.

Minister Kiuru, while thanking the Chilean and Finnish academic communities for their collaborative work, shared the challenges facing her country's education system and expressed interest in maintaining a debate on the processes of change in higher education that have been implemented in Finland and those that will also take place in Chile.

Also present at the meeting was the executive director of CRUCH, María Teresa Marshall.