India to Host 13th BRICS Education Ministers’ Meeting in Bhubaneswar

Source: ThePrint | Original Published At: 2026-08-04 15:16:49 UTC

Key Points

• India’s Ministry of Education announced that Bhubaneswar will host the 13th BRICS Education Ministers’ Meeting and the 3rd BRICS Senior Officials’ Meeting on August 5–7, 2026.
• Priorities include early childhood care and education, skills development and cooperation through the BRICS Technical and Vocational Education and Training Cooperation Alliance.
• Delegates will also discuss collaborative research, innovation, start-ups, mutual recognition of qualifications and capacity building for academic leadership.
• The meetings follow senior officials’ engagements in April and the BRICS Network University Conference and International Governing Board Meeting on July 20–21.
• A BRICS TVET Symposium and the alliance’s Joint Management Committee meeting took place in New Delhi on August 3–4.
• India’s chairship also envisages Model BRICS activities alongside ministerial meetings to introduce students to diplomacy, multilateral cooperation and consensus-building.