Education

Benin

Knowledge Creation and Sharing

India has been offering additional training programmes to Benin in diverse subjects ranging from Agriculture to Hydro power.  Benin officials were trained under IAFS-III Programmes. A Beninese diplomat attended the 65th Professional Course for Foreign Diplomats (PCFD) in Foreign Service Institute, New Delhi. 

Capacity Building

• India has been supporting Benin’s efforts in Capacity building under Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) Programme. India offers 20 training slots under ITEC to Benin annually. 10 Beninese officials attended short to medium terms training programmes in diverse subjects ranging from IT to Parliamentary studies. Further various e-ITEC slot has been utilized by Beninese nationals for different training programmes.
• Every year there are 5-10 scholarships offered by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) for Beninese nationals to pursue undergraduate / post graduate courses in India.

Grants & Concessional Finance

Benin is part of the Pan African e-Network project. An MoU on e-VBAB (Tele-education and Tele-medicine) was signed between the Republic of Benin and TCIL,