On Tuesday, March 19, 2024, the Mathematics Education Study Program of Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta (UNY) received a visit from the Mathematics Education Study Program of Alma Ata University to sign an MoA (Memorandum of Agreement) between the two programs, laboratory studies, and academic friendship. The event was welcomed by Dr. Kuswari Hernawati, S.Si., M.Kom., as the Coordinator of the S1 Mathematics Education Study Program of UNY, and Endah Retnowati, S.Pd., M.Ed., Ph.D., as the Coordinator of S2 Mathematics Education Study Program of UNY. Alma Ata University sent a delegation led by the Head of KJM, the Dean of the Faculty of Tarbiyah and Keguruan Sciences, the Head of the S1 Mathematics Education Study Program, and three lecturers.

During this visit, the delegates had the opportunity to visit UNY Mathematics Education laboratories, including the microteaching lab, computer lab, and math teaching aids lab. The main purpose of this activity was to exchange knowledge and experience between the Mathematics Education Study Program of UNY and the Mathematics Education Study Program of Alma Ata University. Thus, it is hoped that through this exchange, there will be cooperation between the two educational institutions to improve the standard of mathematics education at the university level.