Rakesh kumar
Australian education minister Jason Clare arrived in Delhi on a four-day official visit on Tuesday to promote institutional partnerships and strengthen collaborations between the two nations.
During his visit, Jason, along with his Indian counterpart Dharmendra Pradhan, will participate in a student engagement programme and a series of meetings to further India’s bilateral relations with Australia in the education sector, according to a statement from the Union ministry of education. During his visit to Australia last August, Pradhan invited Jason.
According to a statement from Jason’s office, he and Pradhan will sign the mechanism for the mutual recognition of qualifications, which “seals the conditions for mutual recognition to access education in both of our countries.”
This will be the broadest and most favourable recognition agreement India has ever signed with another nation, and it will increase student mobility between the two nations, according to a statement.
According to the statement, the collaboration between the University of Wollongong and Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City) is “a excellent example of a partnership that develops skills and capacity to address future challenges.” It is probable that the university will establish a campus in GIFT city.
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The government announced the establishment of foreign university campuses in Gandhinagar’s GIFT City, free of domestic regulations, in order to increase the availability of qualified personnel in the financial services industry. During his tour to Australia, Pradhan invited Australian universities and skilling institutions to investigate the possibility of establishing campuses in India as well as potential areas of collaboration with their Indian counterparts.
“The visit provides an important opportunity for Australian universities to demonstrate new partnerships and plans they can implement in India, including opportunities for joint degrees and campuses,” according to the statement.
