To give further impetus to education, training and skill development sector in the state, the Punjab Government on Thursday inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Government of Alberta, Canada.
The two sides also agreed to explore information exchange and cooperation in other priority areas of energy, agriculture, environment management and technologies, beside aerospace, defence, hospitality and retail.
The MoU was signed between Punjab’s Technical Education and Industrial Training Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and Chief Assistant Deputy Minister Government of Alberta Matthew Machielse in the presence of the Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh.
Capt Amarinder also asked the Technical Education Department to tie up with the Government of Alberta to leverage their experience and expertise in tackling Opioid addiction.
Giving details, official spokesperson said that the MoU would primarily concentrate on exchange of best practices and engagement of subject matter experts for enhancing capacity building for training and skill development.
Commercial as well as government missions and tours will also be conducted in the territory of the participants, with a sharpened focus on trade, education, training of technology.
Apart from this, the MoU would also provide strategic advice on joint research opportunities and emerging technologies for improving innovation and mutual cooperation.
Capt Amarinder asked the visiting Canadian Minister to further explore the possibility of arranging more educational exchange programmes between the two countries to enhance learning opportunities for education policy makers, students and educators.