As part of the UK-India Enhanced Trade Partnership (ETP) agreed upon by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his UK counterpart Boris Johnson last year, UK and India signed an agreement to officially recognise each other’s higher education qualifications yesterday. Prime Minister Modi and Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the 2030 Roadmap for India-UK future relations in May 2021.
The agreement means that the undergraduate and postgraduate degrees from British universities will not only entitle the Indian student to apply for postgraduate qualifications but also make them eligible for government jobs which require such university qualifications.
The agreement is seen as a major boost to the British education industry. The Agreement is likely to attract more university students to the UK. Already, the UK is an important destination for Indian students. In 2020/2021, the UK received 84,555 Indian students to the UK. As the UK education industry estimates the benefits of benefit to the UK welcoming non-EU students to be around £109,000 per student, it will provide an economic boost to the UK economy, the UK Government website noted.
International Trade Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan hoped to receive more Indian students as “UK universities already have a fantastic reputation around the globe”, she said. Her sentiments were echoed by the UK Secretary of State for Education James Cleverly also.
The stated objective of the UK-India Enhanced Trade Partnership is to unlock new opportunities for British businesses exporting to India and vice versa. Trade between the UK and India is worth over £24bn supporting over half a million jobs. The Uk is keen to partner with India more closely as India is projected to become the world’s third-largest economy by 2050.
Other important aspects of ETP include commitments to create a task force to provide opportunities for Indian nurses to train and work in the NHS.
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