7TH MEETING of education MINISTERS of member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) was held in Astana, Kazakhstan. The meeting was organised with the assistance of: Government of Kazakhstan, Ministry of Education and Science of Kazakhstan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan and RECTOR's Office of the University of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, (USCO) and the main (basic) UNIVERSITIES of Kazakhstan, affiliated with USCO. Minister of Education and Science of Kazakhstan Yerlan Sagadiyev chaired the event. Implementation of the agreement between the governments of SCO member states on establishing and operating USCO was approved. It was agreed to conduct the 8th meeting of education ministers of SCO member states in the Russian Federation during the Russian Federation's presidency of SCO.