Union Education and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Wednesday met Minister of Education UAE, Dr. Ahmad Al Falasi in Abu Dhabi.
According to the Press Information Bureau statement, the Ministers signed an MoU to strengthen existing educational cooperation facilitating student and faculty mobility and various other initiatives. The Minister also visited 42 Abu Dhabi, a School for Disruptive Learning.
Pradhan is on a 3-day visit to UAE.
The visit will be fostering collaboration, participation and synergy in critical areas of mutual interest in the education and the skill domain.
During his meeting with his UAE counterpart, Pradhan said that UAE being a Global Economic hotspot and India being a Global Talent hotspot, both sides should work together to build a knowledge bridge to cement our civilizational connect.
The Ministers reviewed the bilateral engagements in education and skill development, particularly the progress on points discussed during our meeting on the sidelines of the 4th EdWG as a part of the G20 India. They expressed satisfaction on the progress made with respect to mutual recognition of academic and skill qualifications, recognition of Indian institutes in the UAE among others and underscored the need for continued work in this area.
The Ministers expressed their commitment to strengthen institutional mechanisms and speed up processes for smooth student and workforce mobility.