Australia and India deepen school partnerships
Australia’s High Commissioner to India, Harinder Sidhu, on Friday hosted an event to bring together the 2017 BRIDGE participants and alumni of previous Australia-India school partnership programs.
Such programs have been operating between Australia and India since 1998. More than 290 Australian and 230 Indian teachers have benefited from them, and many have continued to expand relationships with partner schools in the years since.
At the event, Sidhu presented awards to a number of Indian schools for their achievements in strengthening Australia-India school relationships.
Sidhu congratulated the participants on their efforts.
“Engagement between our school systems is so important for Australia-India ties,” she said.
“By influencing our children’s views of each other’s countries, we influence the future of our bilateral relationship. There is also much we can learn from each other’s experiences in delivering best practice school education,” Sidhu added.
BRIDGE is funded by the Australian Government and delivered by the Asia Education Foundation (AEF).
It aims to build teacher capacity in developing intercultural understanding, and enhancing information communication technology (ICT) skills and establish sustainable school partnerships.
It maximises the use of ICT in classrooms and provides students with personal, real-time connection with their peers in the region.
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