The education ministries of the UAE and India signed a cooperation agreement to enhance joint work and exchange experiences in the educational field.
This MoU, signed during the visit of India’s Minister for Education and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Dharmendra Pradhan, along with a delegation, to the UAE, aims to strengthen bilateral relations by promoting student and faculty mobility, facilitating joint research programmes, developing courses, organising conferences, symposia, and exhibitions, and sharing lectures on mutual interests.
The agreement also envisages bolstering cooperation in terms of exchanging information in the fields of public and higher education, including regulations and legal structures regulating public and higher education.
It also includes exchanging best practices in evaluation and classification frameworks and information that elevate the national qualifications, the latest developments and trends in technology, as well as frameworks and policies for the development of gifted and talented skills.
Both sides will also exchange information on a comprehensive benchmark on the curriculum framework and on qualifications issued by educational institutions in both countries in order to facilitate mutual recognition of these qualifications.
Additionally, the MoU includes facilitating academic collaboration between higher education institutions in both countries, enabling twinning, joint degree and dual degree programmes.
Dr. Ahmad Belhoul Al Falasi, UAE Minister of Education and Dharmendra Pradhan signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), on behalf of their respective nations.
The MoU stipulates capacity development of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) teaching staff, as well as any other areas to be mutually agreed upon.
Indian students in UAE
The total number of students of Indian nationality in general education schools in the UAE is estimated at 271,109, including 248 in government schools and 270,861 in private schools.
The number of students in higher education institutions is 5,707, including 1,142 in public education institutions and 4,565 in private education institutions.
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