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The first Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) campus outside the country will be set up in Tanzania.

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• The memorandum of understanding (MoU) for setting up the campus of IIT-Madras in Zanzibar was signed between India and Zanzibar.
• The admission criteria will be decided by IIT-Madras, and degrees will be conferred by the institute. 
• IIT-Madras will be responsible for planning pedagogical strategies for the offshore campus.
• The move is also in line with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, which recommends that “high-performing Indian universities will be encouraged to set up campuses in other countries”.

About Zanzibar

• Zanzibar is an archipelago off the coast of East Africa that united with Tanganyika in 1964 to form the United Republic of Tanzania. 
• It is a semi-autonomous region of Tanzania.

News Source: Hindustan Times 

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