Australia India to map skill courses basis transnational standards accepted by both countries; opportunities of growth to be expanded for youth

Shri. Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Minister of State (I/C), Skill Development & Entrepreneurship today held a bilateral meeting between India and Australia, with Ms. Karen Andrews, the Australian Assistant Minister for Vocational Education and Skills, who led a seven-member business delegation and discussed strengthening the bilateral cooperation pertaining to Skill Development between the two countries.

Ms. Andrews during the course of conversation observed that Australia has an internationally recognised training ecosystem appreciated by Industries world over; and India, with its huge population and need for skills training, is positioned as a supplier of human workforce for the world, a vision championed by Prime Minister Shri. Narendra Modi.

Welcoming the delegation, Shri Rudy said that India’s efforts to enhance employability of skills is paying rich dividends in utilizing the demographic divide of India. “We have created the platform and are now moving towards enhancing scale and outreach with speed and establishing skilling standards by promoting quality outcomes”.

“We have been working in conjunction with Australia across several initiatives under skill development and we would now wish to strengthen the engagement further by mapping qualification packs of transnational standards which are admissible across both countries. We are looking at benchmarking our certificates with international standard. We also look at Australia when we talk about training our trainers,” he said.

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Ms. Andrews said concrete plans would be formulated after exchange of business delegations between the two countries. She said Australia can benefit from the young and skilled manpower of India. There is a huge market for adventure sports and tourism in Australia and we can certainly utilise skilled workforce from India to promote the same world over.