What happened
The Ministry of Education hosted the 3rd BRICS Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) under India’s BRICS Chairship 2026 in Bhubaneswar on August 5, 2026. The meeting agenda centred on education cooperation among BRICS member countries.
The Ministry of Education stated that discussions reaffirmed member countries’ shared commitment to advance inclusive, resilient, and future-ready education systems through greater cooperation, innovation, and knowledge exchange.
Background and earlier position
BRICS education cooperation generally works through ministerial and senior officials’ engagement, where participating countries discuss shared priorities and ways to exchange ideas and practices. In such working-level meetings, the publicly visible outcome is often expressed as renewed commitments rather than immediately measurable programme outputs.
What changed now
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