India wants increased partnership with Nigeria in education through institutional cooperation, content development, faculty exchange and joint ventures that would enhance the West African country's human resource devlopment, according to Indian High Commissioner Mahesh Sachdev.
"Bilateral cooperation in education has had a proud history and remains a priority. A generation of Nigerians have fond memories of being taught by Indian teachers and professors, thousands of whom contributed to Nigerian education system till into mid-1980s," Sachdev said at the just concluded Second Indian Education Expo in Nigeria's financial hub Lagos.
He said the "glorious bilateral past" and the vast future potential should encourage more collaboration.
Sachdev said the Indian government has put in place a programme to train 500 million young people in vocational skills over the next 10 years worldwide. "India has the passion for human resource development and would want to be a partner to achieve this."
This year's Expo held May 16-17 was the second after a similar one held in 2011 where only five India-based institutions attended. More than 12 Indian universities and institutes of higher learning took part in the event organised by M/s Chartered Exhibitions amp; Media Private Limited, Mumbai (India), with the support of the Indian High Commission.

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