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A Decade of Collaboration:
DEPARTMENT OF POLYTECHNIC EDUCATION & SHENZHEN POLYTECHNIC
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he recent visit to Shenzhen, China, in March 2017 by the Minister of Higher Education and Director General of Department of Polytechnic Education was due to the strong collaboration between the Malaysia government and Shenzhen Polytechnic since 2007. An MoU was signed to encourage and promote technical cooperation in various areas such as exchange of academic staff, experts and students; training of polytechnic administrators and lecturers; feasibilities studies of credit transfers between the institutions; exchange of educational literature, aids and information on curriculum and as well organisation of relevant exhibitions and seminars; and undertake other forms of cooperation as mutually agreed by both parties. A Chinese Language & Cultural Centre in collaboration with Shenzhen Polytechnic (SZPT) of China was launched on 21st October 2016 in Politeknik Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah (PSA). The setting up of this Centre is the culmination of years of continuous
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