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2012

March 12	New Zealand Minister of Education Hekia Parata New Zealand Ambassador Mike Moore Ministry of Education New Zealand Embassy
March 12	Deputy Minister Shinichi Yamanaka of the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)
February 14	Chinese Minister of Education Yuan Guiren Ministry of Education
February 7	Singaporean Minister for Education Heng Swee Keat Ministry of Education

October 3-4	Australian Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth Peter Garrett Parliament of Australia Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
September 22	Spanish Secretary of State for Education and Vocational Training Mario Bedera Bravo Spanish Ambassador Jorge Dezcallar de Mazarredo Spanish Ministry of Education (in Spanish) Embassy of Spain
June 2	Afghanistan Minister of Education Ghulam Farooq Wardak Afghanistan Ambassador Eklil Hakimi Ministry of Education Embassy of Afghanistan
May 13	Republic of Korea Minister of Education Ju-Ho Lee Ministry of Education, Science And Technology
May 5	Mozambique Ambassador Amelia Matos Sumbana Embassy of Mozambique
April 11	Chinese State Councilor Liu Yandong Chinese Minister of Education Yuan Guiren State Councilor Liu Yandong Ministry of Education
March 30	South African Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga South African Minister of Higher Education Blade Nzimande Department of Basic Education Department of Higher Education and Training
March 8	Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard Prime Minister of Australia
January 14	Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Federal Ministries

November 15	Via Video Conference – Australian Secretary of Education Lisa Paul Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
September 9	Singaporean Minister of Education Ng Eng Hen Ministry of Education
August 23	Chinese Vice Minister of Education Hao Ping Ministry of Education
May 12	Afghanistan Minister of Education Ghulam Farooq Wardak Afghanistan Minister of Labor Amena Safi Afzali Ministry of Education Ministry of Labor
April 19	Canadian Minister of Human Resources Diane Finley Department of Human Resources and Skills Development
April 6	Japanese Vice Minister of Education Toichi Sakata Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)
February 16	Netherlands Minister of Education, Culture and Science Ronald Plasterk Netherlands Ambassador Renee Jones-Bos Ministry of Education, Culture and Science Royal Netherlands Embassy

November 19	Japanese Ambassador Ichiro Fujisaki Embassy of Japan
October 29	Indian Minister of Human Resource Development Kapil Sibal Ministry of Human Resource Development
October 8	Australian Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard Parliament of Australia
September 28	Mexican Ambassador Arturo Sarukhan Mexican Embassy
July 27	Indian Ambassador Meera Shankar Embassy of India
June 18	Australian Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard Parliament of Australia
May 20	Pakistani Ambassador Hussain Haqqani Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
April 16	Chinese State Councilor Liu Yandong Chinese Minister of Education Zhou Ji State Councilor Liu Yandong Ministry of Education
April 16	British Ambassador Nigel Sheinwald British Embassy
March 25	United Kingdom Secretary of State Ed Balls United Kingdom Parliament
February 26	Chinese Ambassador Zhou Wenzhong Embassy of the People's Republic of China

Last Modified: 03/23/2012

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