Lok Sabha Question No. 3771 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-12
Subject: Bilateral Agreements with Foreign Countries
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: SUSHMITA DEV, JYOTIRADITYA MADHAVRAO SCINDIA

# GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

# MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

# DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER ATION

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# LOK SABHA

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UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3771

### TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.08.2015

**Bilateral Agreements with Foreign Countries**

**3771.** KUMARI SUSHMITA DEV:

SHRI JYOTIRADITYA M. SCINDIA:

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

## 1 whether the Government has signed any bilateral agreements with foreign countries in the field of education to strengthen international cooperation;

## 2 if so, the details thereof; and

## 3 whether the existing schemes for strengthening of international cooperation in the field of education have been revamped and if so, the details thereof?

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## ANSWER

MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

**(SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)**

1. Yes, madam.

1. The Government has signed Educational Exchange Programmes (EEPs) / Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs)/Joint Statements with 51 countries. The list of the countries is attached as Annexure-I.

1. The existing schemes for strengthening of international cooperation in the field of education are continuously assessed and evaluated through various institutional mechanisms. Depending on the assessment, necessary mid-course corrections are undertaken with a view to strengthen international cooperation in the field of education.

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**Annexure-I**

**LIST OF COUNTRIES WITH WHICH INDIA HAS SIGNED EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMME (EEP)/MOU/JOINT STATEMENT 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)**             |
| **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**                 | **21.11.2006 (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.**  | **OMAN**                  | **14.12.2007 (MOU)**             |
| **27.**  | **NORWAY**                | **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.**  | **INDONESIA**             | **25.01.2011 (MOU)**             |
| **34.**  | **MOZAMBIQUE**            | **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)**             |
| **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**   | **U.K.**                  | **Joint Statement (26.09.2008)** |
| **50.**  | **U.S.A.**                | **Joint Statement (13.10.2011)** |
| **51.**  | **CZECH REPUBLIC**        | **Joint Statement (28.04.2009)** |