1st IIT Campus Abroad

GS Paper II Education International Relations

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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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