The Meeting of Ministers of Education of the SCO Member States is a key mechanism for multilateral cooperation in education facilitating academic mobility, academic and educational exchanges, and joint educational initiatives.
Meetings of Ministers of Education of the SCO Member States have been held since 2012 at the initiative of the People’s Republic of China.
The legal framework for cooperation in education within the SCO includes the Agreement between the Governments of the SCO Member States on Cooperation in Education dated 15 June 2006, as well as the Memorandum of Cooperation between educational institutions of higher and secondary vocational training in culture and arts of the SCO Member States signed in Dushanbe on 17 September 2021.
During the past period, 10 meetings of the SCO Meeting of Ministers of Education have been held.
On 16 June 2026, the 10th Meeting of Ministers of Education of the Member States of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation was held in Minsk under the chairmanship of the Belarusian side. The event was dedicated to the further development of cooperation in the field of education and scientific and technical interaction in the SCO space.
Following the meeting, the protocol of the Tenth Meeting of Ministers of Education of the Member States of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation was signed. The parties confirmed their interest in further deepening cooperation in the field of education and supported the implementation of joint initiatives aimed at developing the educational and scientific potential of the SCO Member States.
The parties agreed that the specific dates and venue of the next (eleventh) Meeting of Ministers of Education of the Member States of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation will be coordinated through diplomatic channels via the SCO Secretariat.