BRICS members agree to enhance academic cooperation

The five country BRICS grouping on Tuesday 6 July agreed to enhance education cooperation, facilitate students’ mobility and learn from each other to better the adoption of technology in higher education, reports Livemint.

Sanjay Dhotre, then India’s minister of state for education, communications and electronics and information technology, chaired the eighth education ministers’ meeting of BRICS countries comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.

“In order to enhance their collaboration in academics and research, the ministers agreed on facilitating the mobility of students and faculty among BRICS partner states, besides encouraging joint and dual degrees between higher education institutions in BRICS countries,” India’s education ministry said. The ministry said education ministers from the BRICS countries virtually signed a joint declaration with the resolve to further strengthen their academic and research collaboration in higher, technical and vocational education,” the education ministry said.
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