India has applied for Washington Accord membership

Puducherry,Mar 16(UNI) India has applied for a membership in Washington Accord with the support of the UK, Australia and Canada, chairman of All India Council of Technical Education Chairman Damodal Acharya said here today.

Speaking at the convocation ceremony of the Pondicherry Engineering College here this evening, Prof Acharya said he was hopeful of getting provisional membership now and permanent membership in another two years.

''Once the country become a member of the Washington Accord, all degrees of our accredited universities will be recognised for job oppertunities and higher education in the member countries,he added .

Prof Acharya also called for a shift in the focus of education to meet the global needs adding the council envisaged a plan to give more thrust on basic science and engineering like analytical skills, problem solving and group activites.

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