Education Minister invites global universities to cooperate, set up campuses in India

“Under the new NEP, we want to invite global education institutions, some of our Indian institutions can collaborate with reputed US institutions. In this way, the number of students will be benefited in a big way,” Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said at the US-India Business Council (USIBC) India Ideas Summit.

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday said that several provisions mentioned in the new NEP, which aims to internationalize education, will help in providing affordable and quality education to students.

“Many students from India are interested in going for higher education abroad, the famous destination being US, UK or Australia. New National Policy on Education (NEP) It has provisions that focus on internationalization of education and multidisciplinary education,” Pradhan said in his address during the US-India Business Council (USIBC) India Ideas Summit.

“This will create a new opportunity for our Indian students by giving them affordable and quality education. Personally, I am very impressed with the research capacity of American universities, which is a driving factor in its economy. The education minister said that India and the United States are very “trusted” and “credible” strategic partners but the time has come. to increase it.

“We are open to exploring academic partnerships and the NEP is only providing a policy framework for that. We also have to meet the rapidly changing job patterns and skill requirements. “We have a large number of higher education students who need skilling, reskilling and upskilling to compete in the global job market and stay in the ecosystem,” he said.

Recently Prime Minister Narendra Modi holds meeting with Nunzio QuacquarelliCEO and Managing Director of QS Quacquarelli Symonds. British company specializing in the analysis of higher education institutions around the world.

Under the NEP, the Modi government aims to attract top 100 QS world ranking universities to open offshore campuses in India. it also suggests Construction of offshore campuses of Indian educational institutions. The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 not only focuses on ensuring that talented Indian students study in Indian universities but also aims to bring foreign nationals to India.

— PTI. with inputs

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