Tie ups with foreign Universities key area during FTA talks: Goyal
By TIOL News Service
NEW DELHI, OCT 08, 2021: UNION Minister of Commerce & Industry, Piyush Goyal, has said Skill Development will be the core of all Government schemes. As the Government pumps in more resources in the many Industrial, Textile and Automobile Parks, each such Park should include a relevant Skill Development institution, he said.
Addressing a Webinar on “Sabka Prayas: Collective Partnership” yesterday, Mr Goyal said the New Education Policy (NEP) being implemented across the country now too lays stress on Skill Development. It envisages Dual Degree programmes, tie-ups with foreign Universities, student exchange programme and the promotion of Liberal Arts besides Academics.
“The NEP involved extensive consultations since Jan 2015, involving more than 2 lakh suggestions from 2.5 lakh Panchayats and proposals from around 700 districts. The NEP has not been criticised by anyone, it was made as a result of Sabka Prayas,” he said.
Mr Goyal said Government is also working towards raising the quality of higher education by envisaging tie ups with foreign universities during trade talks with other nations.
“In the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) talks being negotiated with many countries such as the UK, Australia or Canada, we are trying to include Education as a key sector of cooperation and incorporate tie-ups among Universities keeping NEP as the basis and aiming to reduce fees,” he said.
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