MELBOURNE, 23 October 2024: India and Australia have decided to enhance their cooperation in the education field, with India’s Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan stating that the main objective is to enhance India’s education system into a competency-based framework, focusing on skills-based education as outlined in India’s National Education Policy (NEP). He said this in a keynote address at the Australian International Education Conference in Melbourne.
Mr. Pradhan emphasised that cooperation in education is the fulcrum of the India-Australia relationship. He stated that the main objective is to enhance India’s education system into a competency-based framework, focusing on skills-based education as outlined in India’s National Education Policy (NEP).
The two countries are also expected to extend the educational ties to the school level and have more Australian companies to open campuses in India.
Australia’s Education Minister, Mr. Jason Clare MP, in his speech, emphasised the importance of a good education system that can change more than just lives. It can change nations, he added. Commending India’s education systems, he said that by 2035 one in four people around the world who get a university degree will get it in India. He mentioned how Australian universities like Deakin had been in India for 30 years and now Wollongong has one campus. He expressed his gratitude to Mr. Pradhan for encouraging these initiatives. He also praised the work the six Innovative Research Universities are doing by exploring options for a consortium campus in India.
Mr Pradhan’s other activities included attending a Dinner-Reception in his honour at thew Indian Consulate, talks with Mr. Jason Clark, meeting Victoria’s Premier Jacinta Allan and Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Tim Watts MP, visiting RMIT and Monash universities, and a school in South Melbourne.
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