India and Australia on March 2 signed a framework mechanism for mutual recognition of educational and skill qualifications to ease the mobility of students and professionals between the two nations.
- The agreement was signed following a bilateral meeting between Union education minis- ter Dharmendra Pradhan and his Australian counterpart, Jason Clare, who was on an official tour to India till March 5.
- A task force was accordingly set up comprising senior officials of education and skills ministries and regulators on both sides.
- It has come up with a comprehensive mechanism that covers both education and skill qualifications of the two countries and will help facilitate two way mobility of young people for education and employment purposes by mutually recognizing various levels of education and skill qualifications.
