Overview
- The ministers unanimously adopted the Bhubaneswar Declaration on Friday, August 7, finalising a five‑point roadmap for cooperation in education across BRICS and invited partners.
- The roadmap names five priorities: Early Childhood Care and Education and foundational literacy, skills and TVET, collaborative research and innovation, mutual recognition of qualifications, and academic leadership including traditional knowledge.
- India’s proposal for a voluntary International Skill Gap Study and stronger BRICS TVET cooperation were included, while talks on a Memorandum of Understanding for Mutual Recognition of Qualifications will continue as technical work.
- The declaration calls for joint research, start‑up linkages and the safe, human‑centred use of Artificial Intelligence in teaching, and it asks BRICS institutions to advance exchanges, scholarships and capacity building.
- Senior officials drafted the text at a 3rd Senior Officials’ Meeting on August 5 and the ministers’ adoption makes the declaration a political and technical roadmap that requires follow‑up implementation work before the New Delhi BRICS summit in September.