Union minister for training Dharmendra Pradhan met UAE training minister Ahmad Al Falasi on Wednesday. (News18)
Dharmendra Pradhan, who can also be the minister for ability improvement, in the course of the meet, stated that with the UAE being a worldwide financial hotspot and India being a worldwide expertise hotspot, either side ought to work collectively to construct a data bridge to “cement their civilisational connect”
India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have entered right into a tie-up to facilitate student-faculty mobility as Union minister for training Dharmendra Pradhan met his counterpart in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday throughout his three-day tour to the Middle-Eastern nation. The journey is geared toward strengthening the prevailing academic cooperation between the 2 nations, stated officers in the union training ministry.
According to the Ministry of Education (MoE), Pradhan met UAE training minister Ahmad Al Falasi on Wednesday once they signed an MoU to this impact, amongst different initiatives. “The visit will be fostering collaboration, participation and synergy in critical areas of mutual interest in the education and the skill domain,” stated a press release issued by the ministry.
Pradhan, who can also be the minister for ability improvement, in the course of the meet, stated that with the UAE being a worldwide financial hotspot and India being a worldwide expertise hotspot, either side ought to work collectively to construct a data bridge to “cement their civilisational connect”.
The memorandum goals to strengthen the prevailing cooperation in the sphere of academic establishments in each nations, by facilitating pupil and college mobility, joint analysis programmes, designing programs, organising and participation in conferences, lectures, symposia, programs, scientific and academic exhibitions in areas of mutual curiosity held in each nations, the ministry stated.
According to officers, the brand new collaboration can even facilitate trade of knowledge in varied fields together with — rules, authorized buildings and greatest practices in normal and better training in each nations; framework and insurance policies in normal and better training in order to facilitate mutual recognition of {qualifications} between each the nations; tutorial collaboration between establishments in each the nations for providing twinning, joint diploma and twin diploma programmes; and cooperation in the sphere of Capacity Development of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) educating workers.
“Also, the MoU will facilitate creation of a Joint Working Group chaired by a representative of the Ministry of Education from India and UAE. The working group shall meet at least once a year alternately to review the implementation of this memorandum,” it stated.
Pleased to satisfy HE Sara Musallam, MoS for Early Education and Chairperson, ADEK, in Abu Dhabi as we speak. Productive conversations on additional increasing our cooperation in training and establishing training as one of many strongest pillars of our bilateral ties. pic.twitter.com/ZaIlE3J8uM
— Dharmendra Pradhan (@dpradhanbjp) November 1, 2023
During the go to, Pradhan additionally visited a coding faculty. “Visited 42 Abu Dhabi, a coding school with deep focus on encouraging innovation, creativity and peer-to-peer learning through project-based and gamified curriculum. A first-of-its-kind school in the GCC, @42AbuDhabi’s thrust on removing barriers to education for realising the vision of a tech-enabled future is laudatory. Open 24/7 all throughout the year, it provides perfect flexibility to learners to also learn and earn as per their schedules. Flexibility and learning while earning is also a key recommendation of NEP 2020. Incorporating such progressive pathways is a way forward to empower India’s talented youth and workforce,” the minister posted on his official X account.
Besides, the 2 ministers reviewed the bilateral engagements in training and ability improvement, notably the progress on factors mentioned throughout their assembly on the sidelines of the training working group held as part of G20 occasion hosted by India this September.
“The ministers expressed their commitment to strengthen institutional mechanisms and speed up processes for smooth student and workforce mobility,” the assertion learn.
Meanwhile, India is all set to open an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Abu Dhabi, which is more likely to be launched early subsequent yr. The IIT-Abu Dhabi will probably be a department of IIT-Delhi. It would be the second worldwide campus for an IIT, with the primary one being launched by IIT-Madras in Zanzibar, Africa, which began its first session on October 25.
“The IIT Delhi-Abu Dhabi campus marks a significant stride in our efforts to internationalise India’s education. It will open up a plethora of opportunities for leveraging the power of knowledge for mutual prosperity and global well-being,” Pradhan wrote on X.
