<span style="color: #222222;">Education and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship Minister Dharmendra Pradhan held a series of bilateral meetings with his counterparts from Mauritius, Tanzania, Zimbabwe and Ghana, in New Delhi on Thursday. Meeting Vice PM and Tertiary Education, Science & Technology Minister of Mauritius, Mr Pardhan said that India will work with Mauritius for establishing it as a knowledge and skills hub of Africa and South-east Asia. Meeting his Zanzibar counterpart Lela Muhamed Mussa, Mr Pradhan expressed the country's willingness to establish a 21st century skill centre in Zanzibar alongside the IIT in Tanzania.<br />''<br />''Mr Pradhan also suggested for a joint working group on education, skill development and capacity building between India and Zimbabwe to its Higher and Tertiary Education, Innovation, Science & Technology Development Deputy Minister Raymore Machingura. During a meeting with Ghana's Deputy Education Minister John Ntim Fordjour, Mr Pradhan proposed for setting up of institutional mechanisms and joint working groups from pre-school to research for achieving mutual priorities.<br />''<br />''On the other hand, External Affairs Minister Dr. S Jaishankar had also interacted with the Education Ministers of 11 African countries on Thursday.<br />''<br />''Ministers from these foreign countries are in India to attend The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) India Africa Hackathon 2022.</span><br />