Karnataka Government to introduce twinning programmes for Degree, Nursing and PG Courses

In order to promote internationalisation of education for degree, post-graduation, and engineering courses the Government of Karnataka will introduce twinning programmes for different courses of Degree, Nursing and PG courses.

Dr. C.N. Ashwatha Narayana, Karnataka Minister for Higher Education stated that  currently an MoU with Montgomery County community college of Pennsylvania has been implemented and this will be extended for other courses which will be in accordance with the internationalisation of education."

The minister further stated that government is in talks with different universities across world such as, Pennsylvania, USA, suggested entering into MoUs with Athens State University, York College (Pennsylvania), Harrisburg University of Science & Technology, Indiana University (Pennsylvania), Husson University, Thiel College, Alvernia University and Misericordia etc to have MoUs.

According to the minister the students taking up these courses will be sent to American Universities in specific years of their studies and paid internships will be part of these courses. After the MoUs come into effect, the students can have a Twinning Degree of 6 years, Integrated Post-Graduation of 5 years, Twinning Post-Graduation of 4 years, M.S.Nursing (Integrated), and M.S.Biochemistry (Integrated) according to the minister.

He further said, "There are huge opportunities for those who have pursued graduation in Nursing and Health Administration. To make the most of this, the officials have been instructed to draw up the modalities on introducing such courses."

The minister further stated that these MoUs will facilitate opportunities to study higher education at the global standards. The expenses of selected students from SC/ST and other backward communities will be completely borne by the government. In case of educational loans the government also ties up with Banks to provide educational loans for the students.

The minister further stated that the Bangalore City University and Harrisburg University of Science & Technology, USA are working on MoUs and are expected to be completed within a few weeks.

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