Indian Degrees to be recognized in Australia & Vice Versa

Ahmedabad: ‘Australia-India Education Qualification Recognition Mechanism’ is almost in the final stages of implementation. Informing this Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Wednesday announced that his country and the Indian government have finalized the intricacies for it.

This new mechanism means that if you are an Indian student who is studying or have studied in Australia, your hard-earned degree will be recognised when you return home. Or if you are a member of Australia’s very large Indian community — 500,000 and growing — you will feel more confident that your Indian qualification will be recognised in Australia,” said the Australian PM.

Albanese, during his recent visit to India was speaking at a programme organized in Ahmedabad to officially announce that Australia’s Deakin University would be setting up an international branch campus in Gujarat’s Gandhinagar.

“There is a significant development in our bilateral education relations. I am pleased to tell you that we have finalised Australia-India Education Qualification Recognition Mechanism,” Albanese said.

It is the most comprehensive and ambitious arrangement agreed to by India with any country, he added.

Th Australian PM also announced a new scholarship for Indian students who want to study in Australia. “I am pleased to announce a new scholarship offering — the Maitri scholarship. This is for Indian students to study in Australia for up to four years. The scholarships are part of the wider Maitri programme that seeks to boost cultural, educational, and community ties between Australia and India,” Albanese said.