Over 55% drop in the number of students going abroad for higher studies: MoE (Representational Image)
The number of students going abroad for higher studies declined by more than 55 per cent between 2019 and 2020, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday.
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The number of students going abroad for higher studies declined by more than 55 per cent between 2019 and 2020, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday. Federation Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan was replying to a written question in the Rajya Sabha.
“While 5,88,931 students went abroad for higher education in 2019, only 2,61,406 students went in 2020,” Pradhan said, citing home ministry data. The Ministry of Education (MoE) informed the Parliament that it is taking several steps to provide better opportunities for higher education to the students.
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“Research and teaching cooperation and high quality faculty or student exchanges with foreign institutions will be facilitated, and relevant mutually beneficial MoUs will be signed with foreign countries,” the minister said in a written response.
The Minister further said that, in line with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, the government encourages high performing Indian universities to set up campuses in other countries, and similarly, select universities from among the top 100 universities in the world. facility will be provided. To operate in India. “A legislative framework will be put in place to facilitate such admissions, and such universities will be given special exemptions with respect to regulatory, governance and material norms at par with other autonomous institutions in India,” he said.
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