On July 21, 2022, India and UK (United Kingdom) signed an MoU- Memorandum of Understanding that officially recognizes each other's higher education qualifications. This pact will clear the way for considerable flexibility for Indian students to take up admissions to postgraduate courses in Britain.

Last year, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his British counterpart Brosi Johnson agreed to improve the trade partnership signifying that India will now acknowledge Britain's A-levels and their equivalents and undergraduate and postgraduate degrees. The Indian students with pre-university certificates and Indian Senior Secondary school will be allowed entry to higher educational institutions in Britain.

India and UK also signed an agreement on bargaining a system of mutual understandings for recognizing the certification of Indian sailors for service on vessels with a UK flag and identifying the license and qualifications of different varieties of nursing professionals. The agreement about recognizing educational qualifications will enable Indian students who graduated from British Universities to take up admissions in postgraduate courses. The pact will also allow them to undertake government careers demanding university qualifications on returning home.

BVR Subrahmanyam, Commerce Secretary, reported that Indian and British degrees will be recognized equally. But professional degrees such as pharmacy, architecture, engineering, and medicine will not be shielded under the agreement. The MoU will help to boost the possibilities for British students in India and open the door for institutions to design courses that can be beneficial and taught in both countries.

India is one of the most famous countries for British students studying abroad as part of the Turing Scheme International Education Program. Last year, in 2020-21, the UK obtained 84,555 Indian Students. Anne-Marie Trevelyan, Britain's International Trade Secretary, said that they are now thrilled to provide on their promise to clear hindrances to trade between the two nations and make UK higher education easier to access and more appealing to Indian students.

The framework pact for partnership on the healthcare workforce envisages the UK working with India's Health Ministry in order to support enhanced nurse training in Indian states for candidates looking for work in the National Health Service (NHS). The training will give knowledge about the current national standards in the UK and will work on the level of English language proficiency demanded by professional regulators. The UK will also be responsible to recognize opportunities to grow enhanced training for nursing specialties such as emergency care, neonatal intensive care, mental health, palliative care, and critical care.

The two countries will develop and design a plan of action to determine initial batches of applicants in India and employers in the UK to guarantee a smooth growth into employment in National Health Service. There will also be cooperation to bridge skill gaps and training through engagement between regulators and professional bodies in India and the UK.

India and UK are presently engrossed in negotiations to finalize a free trade pact by August 31 so that it could be signed by October. Currently, the India-UK trade is worth more than £24 billion. Nevertheless, the political restlessness in Britain has presented queries about if the two countries can accomplish this ambitious timeline.