Malaysia and India have decided to set up a task force to address all issues on higher education between the two countries, said Bernama News Agency.

The task force would present a report within three months to the ministers in charge of higher education of India and Malaysia for them to decide on the next course of action, visiting Indian Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal was quoted by the news agency as saying after opening a seminar on "Open and Distance Learning: Bridging the Knowledge Divide" at the Asia e University (AeU) on Jun. 18.

The Indian minister said the issues to be taken up by the task force included those related to the recognition of medical degrees.

"The idea behind this (task force) ... we would like a free flow of students from one system to another ... from one educational institution to another between India and Malaysia," he added.

Kapil Sibal said any impediment on the development of higher education between India and Malaysia would be addressed by the task force by exploring possible solutions.

Kapil Sibal said India, with about 350 universities and 20,000 colleges, was already an education hub while Malaysia too was aiming to be an education hub and was now attracting students from many countries, according to Bernama./.