Lok Sabha Question No. 3045 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-05
Subject: Movon Higher Education
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: VISHNU DAYAL RAM

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3045 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.12.2016

## Movon Higher Education

## 3045. SHRI VISHNU DAYAL RAM:

Will  the  Minister  of  HUMAN  RESOURCE  DEVELOPMENT  be  pleased  to state:

- (a) whether India and Australia propose to intensify existing partnership in higher education  and  research  including technical and  professional education, schools, vocational education and training in the country;
- (b) if so, whether India and Australia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on co-operation in the fields of education, training and research in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the number of students likely to be benefited as a result thereof; and
- (d) whether  India  has  signed  similar  MoUs  with  other  countries  and  if  so,  the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (DR. MAHENDRA NATH PANDEY)

- (a) to (c): A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation in the fields of Education, Training and Research was signed on 24 th August,  2015  at  New  Delhi during the third Australia-India Education Council meeting. The objective of the MoU, inter  alia,  includes  increase  in  cooperation  across  all  education  sectors  -  schools, vocational education and training (VET) and higher education including technical and professional education.  Outcome of the MoU in terms of students benefited is not quantifiable at this juncture.
- (d) The  Government  has  signed  Educational  Exchange  Programmes  (EEPs)  / Memorandum  of  Understandings  (MoUs)/  Joint  Declaration  of  Intent  (JDIs)/  Joint Statements  with  54  countries/group  of  countries.  The  list  of  the  countries  is annexed .

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3045 FOR 05.12.2016 ASKED BY HON'LE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT SHRI VISHNU DAYAL RAM REGARDING MOVON HIGHER EDUCATION

LIST OF COUNTRIES WITH WHICH GOVERNMENT OF INDIA HAS SIGNED EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMME (EEP)/MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MOU)/JOINT STATEMENT/ JOINT DECLARATION OF INTENT (JDI) FOR COOPERATION IN EDUCATION

| 1.      | MONGOLIA                 | 09.07.2002 (EEP)                                               |
|---------|--------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
| 2.      | ARMENIA                  | 03.10.2002 (EEP)                                               |
| 3.      | TANZANIA                 | 27.04.2003 (EEP)                                               |
| 4.      | GUYANA                   | 25.08.2003 (EEP)                                               |
| 5.      | ISRAEL                   | 09.09.2003 (EEP)                                               |
| 6.      | AUSTRALIA                | 23.10.2003 (EEP) 24.08.2015 (MOU)                              |
| 7.      | MYANMAR                  | 02.11.2003 (MOU)                                               |
| 8.      | SYRIA                    | 15.11.2003 (EEP)                                               |
| 9.      | UZBEKISTAN               | 05.04.2005 (EEP)                                               |
| 10.     | NEW ZEALAND              | 19.04.2005 (EEP)                                               |
| 11.     | THAILAND                 | 03.06.2005 (MOU)                                               |
| 12.     | SRI LANKA                | 10.06.2005 (EEP)                                               |
| 13.     | MEXICO                   | 21.10.2005 (EEP)                                               |
| 14.     | BRAZIL                   | 01.02.2006 (EEP)                                               |
| 15.     | AFGHANISTAN              | 10.04.2006 (MOU)                                               |
| 16.     | CROATIA                  | 19.04.2006 (EEP)                                               |
| 17.     | ECUADOR                  | 18.07.2006 (EEP)                                               |
| 18.     | RWANDA                   | 25.07.2006 (EEP)                                               |
| 19.     | SOUTH AFRICA             | 02.10.2006 (MOU)                                               |
| 20.     | SAUDI ARABIA             | 06.11.2006 (MOU)                                               |
| 21.     | CHINA                    | 15.05.2015 (EEP)                                               |
| 22.     | PORTUGAL                 | 11.01.2007 (EEP)                                               |
| 23.     | FRANCE                   | 15.02.2007 (EEP)                                               |
| 24.     | ETHIOPIA                 | 05.07.2007 (EEP)                                               |
| 25.     | VIETNAM                  | 06.07.2007 (EEP)                                               |
| 26. 27. | OMAN NORWAY              | 14.12.2007 (MOU) 18.06.2008(MOU)                               |
| 28.     | CHILE                    | 17.03.2009 (EEP)                                               |
| 29.     | BOTSWANA                 | 09.01.2010 (EEP)                                               |
| 30.     | MALAYSIA                 | 20.1.2010 (MOU)                                                |
| 31.     | TURKMENISTAN             | 25.05.2010 (MOU)                                               |
| 32.     | CANADA                   | 27.06.2010 (MOU)                                               |
| 33. 34. | INDONESIA MOZAMBIQUE     | 25.01.2011 (MOU) 13.07.2011 (EEP)                              |
| 35.     | RUSSIA                   | 16.12.2011 (EEP)                                               |
| 36.     | TRINIDAD & TOBAGO        | 06.01.2012 (MOU)                                               |
| 37.     | MAURITIUS                | 07.02.2012 (EEP)                                               |
| 38.     | YEMEN                    | 02.04.2012 (EEP)                                               |
| 39.     | QATAR                    | 09.04.2012 (EEP)                                               |
| 40.     | TAJIKISTAN               | 03.09.2012 (EEP)                                               |
| 41.     | BURUNDI                  | 18.09.2012 (EEP)                                               |
| 42.     | BELARUS                  | 14.11.2012 (EEP)                                               |
| 43.     | REPUBLIC OF KOREA        | 12.12.2012 (MOU)                                               |
| 44.     | GERMANY                  | 11.04.2013 (MOU) 05.10.2015 (JDI)                              |
| 45.     | ESTONIA                  | 15.10.2013 (EEP)                                               |
| 46.     | PERU                     | 28.10.2013 (EEP)                                               |
| 47.     | KUWAIT                   | 08.11.2013 (EEP)                                               |
| 48.     | HUNGARY                  | 19.11.2014 (EEP)                                               |
| 49      | UNITED KINGDOM           | Joint Statement (13.11.2014) 18.03.2015/07.04.2015 (UKIERI * - |
| 50.     | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | MOU) Joint Statement (13.10.2011) 23.01.2015 (JDI)             |
| 51.     | CZECH REPUBLIC           | Joint Declaration (28.04.2009)                                 |
| 52.     | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES     | 03.09.2015 (MOU)                                               |
| 53.     | BRICS Countries JAPAN    | 18.11.2015 (MOU) 11.12.2015 (MOU)                              |
| 54.     |                          |                                                                |

* UKIERI - UNITED KINGDOM - INDIA EDUCATION AND RESEARCH INITIATIVE