India open to investments from everywhere in edu sector: Dharmendra Pradhan

The government is working with a 2030 timeline for the education sector, to augment its quality, capacity and infrastructure, keeping sight of its demographic advantage, Pradhan said

Union Education & Skill Development Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, while addressing an event, said that India will invite capital from everywhere to provide quality education infrastructure as the central government will very soon release new guidelines for foreign players in the sector. 

Pradhan, at ET Roundtable, said India is open to capital to improve education infrastructure, which can educate and skill more than 255 million youth in the age group of 15-25 and improve the nation's Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) for higher education to 50 per cent to 27 per cent by 2030. 

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