The Minister for Education National Heritage, Culture and Arts Mr Filipe Bole was paid a courtesy visit by the New Zealand acting high commissioner to Fiji Mr Mark Ramsden this morning.
Mr Ramsden was appointed as the New Zealand acting high commissioner to Fiji in September 2013.
A career foreign service officer, Mr Ramsden served as High Commissioner to Solomon Islands (cross-credited to Nauru) from 2009 to 2013.
Prior to that, Mr Ramsden held management roles in the New Zealand Aid Programme and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
He has had previous offshore assignments at the New Zealand Mission to the United Nations in New York, New Zealand High Commissions in Port Moresby and Port Vila, and on secondment to the Australian Government in Canberra.
In his brief discussion with Mr Bole, Mr Ramsden focused on the current system of education in Fiji and New Zealand and how both countries can cooperate for betterment in the education sector.
Mr Ramsden also highlighted possible avenues for reviving scholarships for Fijians in New Zealand and the opportunities for studies available there.
Mr Bole acknowledged the visit by the the acting commissioner saying that this was a positive move to address the educational development between the two countries.
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