New Delhi: Under India’s BRICS chairship 2026, the Ministry of Education will host the 13th BRICS Education Ministers’ Meeting and the 3rd BRICS Senior Officials’ Meeting from August 5 to 7, 2026 in Bhubaneswar.
Union Education Minister Pralhad Joshi will participate in the meeting.
Education ministers, senior officials and delegates from BRICS member countries will attend the three-day meeting to discuss deeper collaboration in education and skill development.
India’s chairship is guided by the theme “Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability”. The theme reflects the people-centric and humanity-first approach articulated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the 2025 BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro.
Key Priority Areas—-
The discussions will focus on five priority areas:
Strengthening Early Childhood Care and Education, or ECCE.
Strengthening skill development and enhanced cooperation under the BRICS TVET Cooperation Alliance, or TCA.
Promoting collaborative research, innovation and start-ups.
Strengthening Mutual Recognition of Qualifications, or MRQ.
Capacity building for academic leadership.
The Bhubaneswar meetings will build on a series of engagements held under the BRICS Education Track during India’s chairship. The 1st and 2nd BRICS Senior Officials’ Meetings were held on April 7 and April 28, 2026. The BRICS Network University Conference and International Governing Board Meeting took place on July 20-21, 2026. These earlier discussions have helped shape consensus on priority areas and proposed outcomes for the Ministerial Meeting.
Ahead of the ministers’ meeting, the BRICS TVET Symposium and the Joint Management Committee meeting of the BRICS TVET Cooperation Alliance were held in New Delhi on August 3-4, 2026. The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship led those engagements to deepen cooperation in technical and vocational education, workforce preparedness, and to exchange best practices.
Alongside the government-level talks, India is also emphasizing youth participation. As part of this, Model BRICS has been conceptualized as a student-focused initiative to be organized on the sidelines of BRICS Ministerial Meetings across India. The initiative aims to familiarize young citizens with BRICS processes and strengthen their understanding of diplomacy, multilateral cooperation and consensus-building.
The 13th Education Ministers’ Meeting is expected to set the roadmap for educational cooperation among BRICS nations for the coming year.
