The Minister for Education, Heritage, Arts and Local Government Premila Kumar will work further with the High Commission of India in enhancing Fiji’s education sector.
She highlighted this during the newly-appointed Indian High Commissioner, Palaniswamy Subramanyan Karthigeyan’s courtesy visit last week.
She said the Indian government was an important development partner in the education sector and various other areas of the economy.
“I must thank the government of India for their continued support through the Indian High Commission in Fiji in the development of the Fijian education sector,” Mrs Kumar said.
“Our Fijian students continue to access prominent universities and colleges in India through the numerous scholarship programs offered by the government of India.
“It continues to make investments in a number of sectors of the economy. I look forward to further collaboration in our education sector through the high commission,” she added.
She also expressed sincere gratitude to the Indian government for assisting Fiji with AstraZeneca vaccines, medical supplies as well as other support to enable us to address the challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
