AIDEdu

With 10 participating institutions across Europe, India, and Nepal, the project aims to create Centers of Excellence to enhance educational access, equity, and quality. It addresses critical issues like high dropout rates and poor educational infrastructure, primarily through developing e-learning systems, teacher training programs, and continuous professional development. The focus on inclusivity particularly supports marginalized communities and regions, ensuring equitable access to education.

The AIDEdu project promotes capacity building among educators, ensuring they are well-equipped with modern pedagogical tools to integrate digital education in a way that is accessible to all students, regardless of their background. A critical component of the project is the implementation of advanced ICT (Information and Communication Technology) systems that can better connect institutions, streamline resources, and bridge the gaps caused by geographic and socio-economic barriers. The Centers of Excellence established through the project also serve as hubs for research and innovation in digital education, ensuring sustainability and long-term impact.

By focusing on key areas such as quality management, inclusive teaching, and infrastructure development, the project works not only to provide immediate solutions to the educational challenges faced by these countries but also to contribute to the global discourse on education reform. AIDEdu envisions creating a more connected, resourceful, and equitable academic environment that can be modeled in other regions with similar challenges. Additionally, its collaboration with European institutions allows for knowledge transfer and sharing of best practices, further strengthening its impact.

This project is an essential step toward enhancing the overall quality of education in the region, ensuring that future generations have the skills and resources needed for personal and professional growth. For more details, you can explore their official website.

Objective:

To increase the quality of tertiary education through a capacity building holistic approach of Higher Education Institutions (HEI) on Sustainable Development (SD) to facilitate the accomplishment of relevant accessible, inclusive, digitized quality management education on HEIs in India and Nepal, achieving partnership goals of HEIs to be more internationally recognized and competitive.

Sub Objectives:

• SO1 :To collect information and develop basic integrated framework with global approach in quality, inclusive blended learning
• SO2: To establish the strategy and Framework for achieving competency for e-learning in India and Nepal
• SO 3: To develop for competency to set up Center of excellence for teaching learning
• SO4: To promote capacity building of the HEIs through teacher and staff training in the established COE
• SO5 : To implement, assess and review the “Global approach of learning” strategy through reporting of SDG indicators
• SO6: Develop patterns of international cooperation in implementing the modules and providing dissemination of outcomes and outputs
• SO7: Develop evaluation criteria for professional competencies mastered by management educators and criteria for training programs quality assessment.
• SO8: Develop effective coordination, legal support documents and regulations for network cooperation.

Partners :

• India: VES Institute of Management, BIMTECH, Jaipuria institute of Management, NMREC
• Europe: FH JOANNEUM, Riga Technical University, University of Alicante
• Nepal: GCI, KU