By Breaking Belize News Staff (HP): Minister of Public Service and Disaster Risk Management Henry Charles Usher met with Taiwan’s Vice Minister of Education Liu Kuo-wei on Friday to discuss higher education cooperation and overseas internship programmes for young people.
According to Taiwan’s Ministry of Education, Liu said the two countries share core values including democracy and freedom, and praised the University of Belize for building academic partnerships with Taiwanese institutions.
Liu said the ministry is promoting the Taiwan Global Pathfinders Initiative Program, which encourages young Taiwanese to intern with international organisations abroad, and expressed hope for sending Taiwanese youth to institutions in Belize.
He said youth volunteer participation could bring Taiwan’s technological and educational soft power into Belizean communities and strengthen grassroots ties.
Usher and his spouse Jamie Lee Usher expressed admiration for Taiwan’s education system. Jamie Lee Usher, president of the Belize Robotics Association, discussed her work promoting robotics education and expressed hope for stronger cooperation.
Latest figures show 299 Belizean students are studying in Taiwan during the 2025 to 2026 academic year, including 231 pursuing degrees and 68 studying Mandarin.
Usher’s delegation is in Taiwan to study civil servant training and disaster prevention.
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By Breaking Belize News Staff (HP): Minister of Public Service and Disaster Risk Management Henry Charles Usher met with Taiwan’s Vice Minister of Education Liu Kuo-wei on Friday to discuss higher education cooperation and overseas internship programmes for young people. According to Taiwan’s Ministry of Education, Liu said the two countries share core values including
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