Professional degrees like Engineering, Medicine, Nursing and Para-Medical Education, Pharmacy, Law, and Architecture are out of the purview of this MoU
To promote student mobility, the Union Cabinet of India approved a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland that allows mutual recognition of academic qualifications between the countries.
The MoU was signed earlier this year.
Professional degrees like Engineering, Medicine, Nursing and Para-Medical Education, Pharmacy, Law, and Architecture are out of the purview of this MoU, according to an official statement.
The statement said the MoU aimed at facilitating the mutual recognition of educational qualifications, periods of study undertaken, documents related to academic degrees and qualifications and accreditation by educational institutions within the two countries.
“The request from the UK side to grant recognition to their One Year Masters Programme was considered, and during the meeting between the Education Ministers of the two countries held on December 16, 2020 in New Delhi, a decision was taken to set up a joint task force for this purpose,” the statement said.
The first meeting was held on 4 February last year and subsequently, after detailed deliberations and negotiations, both sides agreed on the draft MoU.
”It will also facilitate the establishment of Joint and Dual degree courses between Higher Education Institutions, one of our objectives under NEP 2020 for internationalisation of education,” it said.
“This MoU shall recognise equivalence in accordance with parity with regard to the acceptability of qualifications as approved under the national policy, law, rules and regulations of the two countries.”
The MoU will promote bilateral exchange of information about the educational structure, programmes and standards and increase the mobility of students and professionals between the two countries. It will also encourage other areas of cooperation in the education sector and the development of study programmes as mutually agreed upon by the parties.
“This MoU shall recognise equivalence in accordance with parity with regard to the acceptability of qualifications as approved under the national policy, law, rules and regulations of the two countries,” it said.
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