What happened: 13th BRICS Education Ministers’ Meeting and adoption of the Declaration
Union Minister for Education Shri Pralhad Joshi chaired the 13th BRICS Education Ministers’ Meeting in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. The meeting concluded with the adoption of the 13th BRICS Education Ministers’ Declaration. The Declaration lays out a shared roadmap across five priority areas aligned with India’s BRICS Chairship 2026 theme: “Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability.”
Background and earlier position: BRICS education cooperation under India’s chairship priorities
Under India’s BRICS Chairship 2026, BRICS education cooperation is being framed around preparing learners for emerging opportunities while keeping human values at the centre of policymaking and international cooperation. The Declaration explicitly positions learners, teachers, researchers, and young people as central actors in education policy and in international cooperation.
What changed now: the five priority areas and specific cooperation actions in the Declaration
The Declaration outlines a shared roadmap across five priority areas, with cooperation actions and workstreams. The five priority areas are:
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