March 23, 2022
India and Australia Have Set Up a Task Force for Qualifications Recognition
A Aimed to enhance educational, research, and economic collaboration between India and Australia, a task force has been set up which will focus on mutual Qualification Recognition, which in turn, will help the mobility of students, professionals, and skilled workers.
Speaking on the development, Australia’s acting minister for Education and Youth, Stuart Robert said, “The task force will pave the way for new opportunities for graduates of both India and Australia to use their qualification…Australia has a longstanding and strong relationship with India across education, skills and research.”
…collaboration will serve both countries by expanding cooperation in education, and optimising mobility outcomes for Australian and Indian students and graduates…
Given the importance of education, one may even say that the move is key to the bilateral relationship between the two countries. Robert also added that the, “collaboration will serve both countries by expanding cooperation in education, and optimising mobility outcomes for Australian and Indian students and graduates, and [the countries’] education institutions. Improved qualifications recognition arrangements will also underpin trade in professional services between Australia and India.”
The task force’s primary focus would be to recognise online and blended learning, joint degrees, and offshore campuses. Many Indian students share one major grievance that even after getting their degrees from top Australian universities, once they go back to India, they don’t get accepted into the Indian Civil Service or other professional positions. The task force is expected to work towards solving that hurdle. Qualifications recognition between Australia and India is expected to make things smoother for Indian students going home, and Australian students working in India. The task force implementation is slated to begin in 2023.
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