UK to pump in 50 million pounds for skilling projects in India over 5 years.

The United Kingdom government is investing nearly 50 million pounds over five years towards skilling initiatives in India. It will also launch the third phase of the UK India Education and Research Initiative next year with the support of the British Council.

The skilling initiatives will cover government departments like science and technology, human resource development, the foreign and Commonwealth office and more. In addition, the British Council is aligning itself with Digital India as well as the Skill India Mission.

The UK is working towards developing new programmes around faculty, exchanges, programmes keeping leadership in mind, said Rob Lynes, the British Council's India director. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Make in India and Skill India have opened up opportunities for further collaborations, he added.

The Council has worked with 12 state governments to train over 1 lakh master trainers to in turn train teachers across India over the past six years.

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