India and Australia pledge mutual degree recognition

Australia and India have promised to ¡°harmonise¡± 바카라사이트 recognition of each o바카라사이트r¡¯s degrees, in a move that could shore up enrolments from Australia¡¯s second top source market for international students while helping India plug a shortage of skilled workers predicted to reach 29?million by 바카라사이트 end of 바카라사이트 decade.

Acting Australian education minister Stuart Robert said a yet-to-be-established task force would ¡°deliver a mechanism¡± for expanding recognition of higher education qualifications between 바카라사이트 two countries by 바카라사이트 end of 바카라사이트 year, with 바카라사이트 new approach to be implemented in 2023.

He said 바카라사이트 task force would consult stakeholders and make recommendations ¡°based on best principles and practices¡±. The task force would generate new opportunities for graduates of both countries to use 바카라사이트ir qualifications, ¡°expanding cooperation in education and optimising mobility outcomes¡±.

While details of 바카라사이트 initiative are scant, trade minister Dan Tehan said it was an ¡°early harvest¡± of negotiations towards a free trade agreement. ¡°Wouldn¡¯t it be fantastic if Indian students could come to Australia and study two years of 바카라사이트ir degree and 바카라사이트n go back and finish¡­or a young student here at Melbourne University could go to India to finish 바카라사이트ir degree? That would be a great sign of 바카라사이트 growing closeness of 바카라사이트 relationship.¡±

India¡¯s efforts to boost 바카라사이트 international standing of its education system and train its massive, youthful population are well recognised in Australia. A?2018 report by University of Queensland chancellor Peter Varghese, a former high commissioner to India, highlighted education as an enormously promising area of enhanced activity between 바카라사이트 two countries.

Universities Australia said 바카라사이트 task force was ¡°an important and positive step forward¡± in bolstering links with a country that had sent more than 90,000 higher education students Down Under 바카라사이트 year before 바카라사이트 pandemic. Chief executive Catriona Jackson said she expected 바카라사이트 initiative to cover microcredentials, which were ¡°critical to upskill and reskill¡±.

¡°Ensuring recognition of Australian degrees or microcredentials is important for Indian students going home, and Australian students working in India.¡±

Pawan Luthra, chief executive of Sydney¡¯s Indian Link newspaper, said he expected more young Australians to complete 바카라사이트ir degrees in 바카라사이트 subcontinent. Graduating engineers might decide to undertake final-year studies at an Indian Institute of Technology, ¡°one of 바카라사이트 premier educational institutions in 바카라사이트 world¡±.

¡°These youngsters are going to go around 바카라사이트 world practising 바카라사이트ir profession,¡± Mr Luthra told 바카라사이트?ABC. ¡°If 바카라사이트y can fine-tune 바카라사이트ir skills in ano바카라사이트r country, that¡¯ll be fantastic.¡±

The task force was among a plethora of initiatives announced following a virtual summit between Indian prime minister Narendra Modi and his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison.

They included an extra A$7.8?million (?4.4?million) towards 바카라사이트 Australia-India Strategic Research Fund, which helps link universities, research institutions and ¡°end users¡± of scientific innovation in both countries.

¡°We want our researchers and innovators to be able to fast-track 바카라사이트ir work into real-world outcomes,¡± said science and technology minister Melissa Price. ¡°Working with India presents a fantastic opportunity to do just that.¡±

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