Union Minister for Education Dharmendra Pradhan will be on a seven day visit to Singapore and Australia beginning today. The visit is expected to foster collaboration, participation, and synergy in critical areas of mutual interest in education. In the first leg of his two-day visit to Singapore, Mr Pradhan will address the members of Indian diaspora today. Mr Pradhan will meet the Prime Minister of Singapore Lawrence Wong and Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong and other senior leaders tomorrow.
During his three day visit to Australia, the Education Minister will meet Minister for Education, Jason Clare MP in Melbourne on 23rd of this month. He will also deliver the Plenary address at the Australian International Education Conference.
On 24th of October, Mr Pradhan will visit Auburn Long Day Child Care Centre in Sydney to explore opportunities for partnerships in educating early childhood education workforces. He will also interact with the representatives of the Innovative Research Universities and attend the 2nd Australia India Education and Skills Council.
On 25th of this month, he will visit the Granville South Creative and Performing Arts High School and the site of the Macquarie Park Innovation District.