The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Thursday that the first IIT campus outside India would be built in Zanzibar, Tanzania. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed to set up a campus of IIT Madras in Zanzibar. Which is a Tanzanian archipelago off the coast of East Africa.
For information, let us tell you that this agreement was signed on Wednesday in the presence of Foreign Minister S Jaishankar and Zanzibar President Hussein Ali Mwini. Jaishkar is on a tour of Tanzania.
The Ministry of External Affairs said that the first IIT campus to be set up outside India will be in Zanzibar
It said that an MoU was signed between India’s Ministry of Education, IIT Madras and Zanzibar’s Ministry of Education and Vocational Training.
The Ministry of External Affairs said that “the campus reflects the long-standing friendship between India and Tanzania and is a reminder of India’s focus on building people-to-people ties across Africa and the Global South.”
It added that the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 recommends that “high-performing Indian universities will be encouraged to set up campuses in other countries.”
The Ministry of External Affairs said that “recognizing the strategic partnership between Tanzania and India, the relationship of educational partnership has been formalized by signing the document which gives the parties details about the establishment of the proposed campus of IIT Madras inZanzibar-Tanzania”.outline to tell from provides. Launch the program in October 2023.”
Along with other countries, Indian students will also get a chance to apply for studying here.
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