August 23, 2022
India and Australia Strengthen Education Ties in the Face of Skill Shortages
A Australia is facing a massive staffing shortage of approximately 500,000 skilled workers. To bridge the gap in the short term, the Australian government has partnered with India. During his four-day visit to Australia, India's education minister met with his Australian counterpart, Jason Clare, for the Australia-India Education Council.
The AIEC is the primary bi-lateral body in charge of driving the Australia-India education, training, and research agenda. It is co-chaired by the Australian and Indian education ministers. "India is one of Australia's closest international partners, and our two countries have a long history of bilateral education and research cooperation," Clare said after meeting his Indian counterpart.
…I invite all Australian universities and Skill Institutions to explore opportunities in India, create mechanisms for learning from each-others best practices for transforming our countries into knowledge economies and for prosperity of people in both our countries…
The meeting, according to Australia's education minister, "reaffirmed" the Australia-India partnership, including collaboration in the Australian Researcher Cooperation Hub and the Australia-India Research Students Fellowship.
"These programmes are run by the Australia India Institute and funded by the Australian government in order to foster collaboration and innovation between our two countries," Clare explained.
Lisa Singh, CEO of the Australia India Institute, who was part of the meeting, said on the occasion, “Australia and India have a long history of partnership and cooperation. Yet there remains untapped potential to deepen our research links."
After his trip to Australia, the Indian education minister announced on Twitter that he has invited "Australian universities and skilling institutions to establish campuses in India and explore areas of collaboration."
“I invite all Australian universities and Skill Institutions to explore opportunities in India, create mechanisms for learning from each-others best practices for transforming our countries into knowledge economies and for prosperity of people in both our countries,” Pradhan said.
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