United Kingdom (UK) has evinced interest in collaboration with Haryana in the field of education, technical education, renewable energy, solid waste management, health and smart city project.
A delegation led by Philip Hammond, Member of Parliament, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, UK called on Chief Minister Manohar lal Khattar here on Wednesday and discussed various issues of mutual interest and expressed desire to exchange expertise between UK and Haryana.The Chief Minister said that Haryana is surrounded by the national capital from three sides and has huge potential for investment in almost all fields.
The delegation was also informed that Haryana has commissioned 61 projects of the total capacity of 234.79 MW in the Renewable Energy Sector till now. Of these, nine projects of 12.8 MW are of Solar MW scale power. Haryana has Renewable Energy Power Policy, Solar Power Policy, Net Metering Policy and the State aims to achieve generation of 175.0 MW of electricity from Renewable Energy Sources by the year 2020-21.
Philip Hammond requested the Chief Minister to extend the programme of teaching assistance of UK even in the Government schools of the State. On this, he was informed that an MoU was signed between British Council and Department of Education, Haryana for schools EQUIPS (education quality improvement pathway for schools).
As many as 100 Government schools in six districts were selected for improving quality of education and teachers training. This MoU may be extended and more schools covering all districts should be taken up. He was also informed that the State Government is interested in collaboration of programmes to increase skill based learning and programmes for development of spoken English.