{"id":5409,"date":"2019-08-27T07:01:12","date_gmt":"2019-08-27T07:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=5409"},"modified":"2019-08-27T07:01:13","modified_gmt":"2019-08-27T07:01:13","slug":"dhotre-discusses-bilateral-issues-on-education-with-the-deputy-minister-of-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/dhotre-discusses-bilateral-issues-on-education-with-the-deputy-minister-of-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Dhotre Discusses Bilateral issues on Education with the Deputy Minister of South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A delegation led by the South Africa\u2019s Deputy Minister for Higher Education Mr Buti Kgwaridi Manamela called upon the Minister of State (MoS) for Human Resource Development, Shri Sanjay Dhotre, in New Delhi. During the meeting, the discussion between the two Ministers was focussed mainly on recent Government of India (GoI) initiatives and agreements under negotiation between the two countries. The South African side raised the issue regarding agreement on cooperation in the field of Higher Education including mutual recognition of different academic qualifications. They also proposed formation of a Joint Committee on Education involving the two countries for better coordination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/current-affairs-quiz-2019-daily-gk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shri Dhotre stressed on the historic connection between the\ntwo countries and also mentioned Mahatma Gandhi\u2019s involvement in the\nnon-violent movement in South Africa, especially in the context of 150th Birth\nAnniversary celebrations of the Mahatma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MoS also specified that South Africa is one of the countries\ncovered under the GoI\u2019s Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research\nCollaboration (SPARC), a scheme aimed towards improving the research ecosystem\nby facilitating academic and research collaborations between Indian\ninstitutions and the best institutions in the world to jointly solve problems of\nnational and international relevance. So far, since the launch of the scheme in\nthe year 2018, four research project proposals from the South African\ninstitutions have been accepted under this. Similarly, 17 reputed South African\nfaculty members have, so far, arrived under the Global Initiative of Academic\nNetworks (GIAN) programme, for short-term teaching assignments in the Indian\ninstitutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A comprehensive Memorandum of Association (MoU) covering\ndifferent facets mutual cooperation in the field of education is under\nnegotiation between the two countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A delegation led by the South Africa\u2019s Deputy Minister for Higher Education Mr Buti Kgwaridi Manamela called upon the Minister of State (MoS) for Human Resource Development, Shri Sanjay Dhotre, in New Delhi. 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