Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan announced the opening of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) office in the UAE. With more than 100 CBSE-affiliated schools, the CBSE office in the UAE will enhance access to CBSE’s guidance in the region.
He also highlighted that the UAE being the global economic hub and India being the talent hotspot will be able to jointly provide great opportunities for citizens of both nations.
The UAE’s Education Minister Ahmad Al Falasi and Dharmendra Pradhan signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) curated to enhance educational cooperation. The MoU specifically includes valuable initiatives for student and faculty mobility and other collaborations as well. Union Education Minister emphasised the importance of the UAE and India’s collaboration on the education front during his three-day visit to Abu Dhabi.
“The MoU is expected to facilitate regulations, legal structures, and best practices in general and higher education in both countries, framework, and policies in general and higher education, including national qualifications frameworks to facilitate mutual recognition of qualifications between both countries, and academic collaboration between higher education institutions in both countries for offering twinning, joint degree, and dual degree programs, among others,” said the Ministry of Education, in a statement.
Elaborating further on the UAE-India relations, Pradhan said, “UAE-India relations are in a good state today. In a strategic partnership, particularly in education and skill, India and the UAE have strong ties. We are opening an IIT in the UAE, and many eminent universities of India have already come here. In the near future, more universities may open their campuses.”
