India allows
Afghanistan students to use Swayam portal
Chennai: A new memorandum of understanding (MoU) between
ministry of human resource development (MHRD), India, and ministry of higher
education, Afghanistan, was signed on Friday allowing students and faculty
members from the neighbouring country to study Massive Open Online Courses
(MOOCs) available in Swayam platform.
Swayam, an
online education platform, is developed by India.
As per the MoU, the MHRD will impart training
to the faculty and students in the educational Institutions in Afghanistan for
using the Swayam platform and it will also build capacity for e-learning among
the faculty members.
It will also
assist uploading and publishing of existing courses developed by Afghan
educational institutions on Swayam platform. It would also help the higher
education ministry of Afghanistan to set up its own MOOC platform.
Speaking at
the event, R.Subrahmanyam, secretary, higher education, MHRD said, 'The ties
between India and Afghanistan would grow further with this collaboration. It
would expose them to the latest technology courses and also upskill them in
areas of their interest.'
M. Homayoun
Qayoumi, senior advisor to the President of Afghanistan and acting finance
minister, highlighted the impact of education in the progress of every country
and this collaboration would help in providing better education facilities to
Afghan students.
Among the
other initiatives envisaged by this MoU is to provide access to the Higher
Educational Institutions of Afghanistan of various Indian facilities such as
the National Digital Library of India (NDLI) and virtual labs.
Further, it
would also develop joint educational programmes between higher educational
institutions of India and Afghanistan, sharing of the curriculum.
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