The two leaders discussed the prospects for cooperation, in particular the signing of a training agreement for Congolese secondary school graduates in India in the fields of information and communication technology, pharmacy, medicine, and professional expertise.
They also discussed awarding scholarships in India and Congo’s capacity to receive Indian investors.
According to Indian diplomats, the training scholarships are short-term in the fields of management, accounting, administration, banking. However, there are also scholarships for undergraduate and postgraduate studies in all fields.
“My honorary visit to the Minister allowed us to discuss the possibility of intensifying and strengthening bilateral cooperation in the field of education and teaching”he said, adding that “The minister has proposed an agreement with the Indian government in the field of education”.
In addition, Minister Manguessa Ebomé received another figure. This is the case of the Charge d’Affaires of the Kingdom of Morocco in the Congo, Ahmed Agari. The interviews focused on the implementation of the tripartite framework agreement and the departure of twenty Congo scholarship recipients for the 2022-2023 academic year.
With the director of the French Development Agency (AFD) in Congo, Maurizio Cascioli, there was talk of a project financed by the AFD, piloted by the Ministry of Technical and Vocational Education. The project aims to establish an apprenticeship training center.
According to him, there are six centers that are monitored as part of a project that trains young people every year, especially in agriculture, automotive and construction.
“We are keeping track of the progress of these projects and discussing the next steps to be taken. The observation made is that significant efforts have been made by the State of the Congo, precisely to provide this structure with an operating budget that allows them to offer quality training. did he state.
Maurizio Cascioli assured AFD of the possibility of issuing conditional financing planned to finance a new training center for Boko in the Pool department. This new center will make it possible to launch technical studies.