India becoming a hub of quality education: Naqvi

India/Octubre de 2017/Fuente: The Times of India

Resumen: El número de extranjeros que vienen a la India con fines educativos se ha incrementado «significativamente» durante el régimen actual en el Centro y el país se está convirtiendo en un «centro de educación de calidad», dijo el jueves el ministro de la Unión, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi. Según una declaración oficial, el ministro de asuntos minoritarios reiteró el compromiso del Centro con el empoderamiento educativo de todos los sectores de la sociedad, incluidas las minorías. La declaración también citó a Naqvi diciendo que el gobierno había tenido éxito en proporcionar una mejor atmósfera para la educación de calidad en las áreas atrasadas del país.

The number of foreigners coming to India for educational purposes had gone up «significantly» during the current regime at the Centre and the country was becoming a «hub of quality education», Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said on Thursday.

According to an official statement, the minority affairs minister reiterated the Centre’s commitment towards the educational empowerment of all sections of the society, including the minorities.

The statement also quoted Naqvi as saying that the government had been successful in providing a better atmosphere for quality education in the backward areas of the country.

The minister made these comments during his meeting with a seven-member delegation of a Malaysia-based organisation, PINTA, at the Antyodaya Bhawan in the national capital. PINTA works in the field of education in Malaysia.

«The number of students coming to India from other countries for educational activities has increased significantly during the last three years of the (Narendra) Modi government,» the statement quoted Naqvi as saying.

The statement, however, did not reveal the number of foreign students who came to India for educational purposes during the said period.

«The government has also been successful in providing a better atmosphere for quality education in the poor and backward areas of the country,» Naqvi said.

Fuente: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/india-becoming-a-hub-of-quality-education-naqvi/articleshow/61242135.cms