Education
Niger
Capacity Building
- Niger has been making good utilization of the 160 Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) slots and 5 Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) slots earmarked for the country [ITEC slots utilized: 154 in 2017-18, 143 in 2018-19 and 48 in 2019-20 (courses curtailed due to COVID)]. ITEC courses in the physical mode remained suspended in 2020-21 and 2021-22. For 2022-23,156 ITEC slots have been allocated to Niger. Three ITEC defence slots (army), were utilized in 2019-20, followed by 2 in 2021-21 and 7 (5 Army + 2 Air Force) in 2021-22.
- Five ICCR scholarships were utilized by Niger in 2019-20, 3 in 2020-21 and four in 2021-22. Five ICCR scholarships have been made available for Nigerien students in 2022-23. Nine Nigerien diplomats have undergone training in regular courses at the Foreign Service Institute (FSI) from 1995 to 2021.
