Overview

India has entered into Educational Exchange Programmes (EEPs)/Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) or through Joint Statements with 51 countries viz  Mongolia, Armenia, Tanzania, Guyana, Israel, Australia, Myanmar, Hungary, Syria,  Uzbekistan, New Zealand, Thailand, Sri Lanka,  Mexico, Brazil, Afghanistan, Croatia, Ecuador, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, China, Portugal, France, Ethiopia, Vietnam, Oman, South Africa, Norway, Chile, Kuwait, Botswana, Malaysia, Turkmenistan, Canada, Indonesia, Mozambique, Russia, Trinidad & Tobago, Mauritius, Yemen, Qatar, Tajikistan, Burundi, Belarus, Republic of Korea, Germany, Estonia U.S.A., United Kingdom, Czech Republic and Peru.

The EEPs/ MOUs envisage cooperation through several initiatives like:-

• Exchange of scholars/ students/ researchers;
• Sharing of information/ publications;
• Organizing joint seminars/ workshops/ conferences etc.;
• Working towards mutual recognition of qualifications; and
• Developing institutional linkages

India also has educational cooperation activities with different international organizations and multi-lateral bodies like UNESCO, Commonwealth of Learning, E-9. BRICS, SAARC, India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA), East Asia Summit (EAS), Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN), Indian Ocean Rim-Association for Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC), Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), European Union (EU) etc. 

Recent Activities

G20 Education Working Group and Education Ministers’ Meeting under India’s Presidency

India will be hosting G20 India’s Presidency starting from December, 2022. The Ministry of Education is leading the engagements under G20 Education Working Group. Four meetings of the EdWG are planned between January 2023 to June 2023, with a meeting of G20 Education Ministers in June 2023. The website link of G20 India Presidency may be seen at https://www.g20.org/en.

The first meeting of the EdWG was held in Chennai from 31st January to 2nd February 2023. A full day seminar and exhibition on 31st January, 2023 , “The Role of Digital Technologies in Education” at the Research Park, IIT Madras saw engaging presentations on some innovative approaches for bridging the digital divide, improving access to and building robust systems for technological affordances. The 1st G20 EdWG meetings were held on 01-02 February, 2023. The below mentioned themes of India’s G20 presidency were discussed during the meeting.

Themes

• Ensuring Foundational Literacy and Numeracy especially in context of Blended Learning
• Making Tech-enabled Learning more Inclusive, Qualitative and Collaborative at every level
• Building Capacities, Promoting Life-Long Learning in context of Future of work
• Strengthening research and promoting innovation through richer collaboration

Dates of G20 Education Working Group Meetings:

Important Events/Meetings/Conferences

Following important events were held during 2022 to strengthen the educational collaborations with different countries: