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Albanese’s visit – the first by an Australian PM in six years and accompanied by a delegation of leading CEOs – is aimed to boost trade and investment ties with India
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After touching down in Ahmedabad, Albanese made a pilgrimage to the Sabarmati Ashram, a one-time home for Mahatma Gandhi
Thousands of Indians studying in Australia will have their qualifications recognised when they return home. That is the agreement — the Australia-India Education Qualifications Recognition Mechanism — that Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced after arriving in India on March 8 at the start of a four-day state visit, reported afr.com.
Albanese’s visit – the first by an Australian PM in six years and accompanied by a delegation of leading CEOs – is aimed to boost trade and investment ties with India. After touching down in Ahmedabad, Albanese made a pilgrimage to the Sabarmati Ashram, a one-time home for Mahatma Gandhi.
Albanese later spoke at an event showcasing higher education ties between Australia and India, including the announcement that Deakin University had become the first foreign institution granted permission to open an Indian campus.
“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.”
— Anthony Albanese, Australian Prime Minister
Demand from Indian students for an Australian education is booming, with almost 44,000 visa applications in January, outstripping China for the first time. That could go even higher, with Albanese saying the mechanism was the most comprehensive and ambitious such agreement India had struck with another country.
“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,” he said. “Or if y ou’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. It paves the way for commercial opportunities for Australian education providers to offer innovative and more accessible education to Indian students. And it provides a solid basis for our tertiary institutions to consider new ways of partnering with each other.”
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