India has ramped up its diplomatic relations with Australia, with the two countries agreeing to a new mechanism that will allow education qualifications from each country to be recognised by the other.
This is the most comprehensive and ambitious arrangement India has ever agreed to with any other nation.
Announcing the new deal in Ahmedabad, India, on March 8, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said that the new mechanism will give recognition to Australian degrees obtained by Indian students when they return to India and allow members of the Indian diaspora to have their qualification recognised in Australia.
“This new mechanism means that if you’re an Indian student who’s studying—or about to study—in Australia, your hard-earned degree will be recognised when you return home. Or if you’re a member of Australia’s large Indian diaspora, you’ll be able to feel more confident that your Indian qualifications will be recognised in Australia,” he said….