Clare says delegation to pave way for collaborative tie ups with India
Two Australian universities will soon establish campuses in the GIFT CITY of Gujarat as India remains committed to partner Australia to make quality education more accessible and affordable, says Minister of Education, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Dharmendra Pradhan.
He announced the Australian Universities plan after a high-level meeting with visiting Australian delegation led by Education Minister Jason Clare on 1 Mar 2023 in New Delhi.
Both sides held discussions to take their partnership in the education sector forward in areas of school, higher and vocational education, the Education Ministry said.
They discussed ways to deepen engagements to empower youth in both the countries and make education and skills sector more vibrant.
The Ministers reaffirmed their commitment to enhance institutional collaboration and two-way mobility by exploring the delivery of transnational education in the higher education, skills and research sectors.
Minister Clare was on a 5-day visit to India from 28 Feb to 4 March 2023 to foster India-Australia relations in the field of education.
Clare added, “This is a high-powered delegation comprising of educational policy makers and university administrative stakeholders that shall pave way for collaborative tie ups with India.”
He informed that University of Delhi has Memorandum of Understandings with 3 Australian Universities; University of Wollongong, Macquarie University and Melbourne University.
Ten new MOUs, signed on 3 Mar between the two countries, will pave way for setting up a mechanism for mutual recognition of professionalism too, the Australian Minister said. fiinews.com
