PIB | 21 Jul, 2022
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Mutual Recognition of
Academic Qualifications was signed on Thursday between James Bowler, Permanent
Secretary, Department of International Trade of United Kingdom (UK) and K
Sanjay Murthy, Secretary (Higher Education), Ministry of Education, Government
of India.
In May 2021, during the Virtual Summit between
Prime Ministers of India and UK, a comprehensive Roadmap to 2030 was adopted
for an enhanced bilateral cooperation between the two countries.
Both sides also agreed to a new Enhanced Trade
Partnership. Education forms an important pillar of this roadmap. In light of
India’s National Education Policy 2020 (NEP 2020), the two sides agreed to
expand educational by agreeing to a mutual recognition of academic
qualifications.
This is a landmark moment in our bilateral
educational relations as signing of this MoU would enable smoother student
mobility between the two countries and help in developing stronger
institutional collaboration and widen the scope of academic and research
collaboration between the Higher Education Institutions of both countries.
Government of India is taking several steps to
allow greater international collaboration with countries abroad to
facilitate Internationalization of education, which is one of the key
areas of focus under the NEP 2020.
