Arjun Singh falls ill, to fly back home today

Dubai, Jun 6: Union Human Resources Development Minister Arjun Singh, who is reported to be suffering from fever and can move only on wheel-chair, cancelled all his engagements for today and is flying back later in the day as per schedule.

Mr Singh, who began a four-day visit to the UAE on arrival from Saudi Arabia, held discussions with UAE Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Sheikh Nahyan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan and Minister of Education Hanif Hassan Ali on bilateral ties in the field of education.

He also visited the Dubai Knowledge Village yesterday, a campus clustering various international educational institutions including a large number of Indian colleges.

He met principals of various Indian schools and heads of higher educational institutions like the Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS-Pilani), SP Jain Centre of Management, Mahatma Gandhi University and Manipal University.

His address to over 50 principals of Indian schools was described by participants as a mere protocol-filling exercise. There are 90,000 students pursuing Central Board of Secondary (CBSE) syllabus in the UAE.

UNI

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