* Raise spending on education to the globally accepted norm of 6% of GDP
* Bridge the growing skills gap through aggressive expansion of technical and vocational education that is dynamically linked to labour market demands (something Modi, too, emphasized in his interview earlier this month to TOI)
* Make English education accessible. Report after report has highlighted the fact that those who speak English earn more. The hypocrisy of some politicians who advocate vernacular education for the masses while sending their own children to English-medium schools must not be allowed to come in the way of the government doing the right thing
* Incentivize the private sector, end the not-for-profit sham. Reputed business houses, in particular, must be encouraged to invest in education. Also, it's time to introduce transparency and clarity by allowing the private sector to invest in education for profit. Some of the biggest 'education barons' in the country are politicians or politically influential businessmen; no one is fooled into thinking they've set up engineering, medical and management colleges because of some higher calling. There's an elaborate charade to show on paper that these colleges are run on a non-profit basis when in fact, they make huge profits. And it's been used to shut out companies and corporate groups which can bring genuine value, but are discouraged by the hypocrisy.
-- * Bridge the growing skills gap through aggressive expansion of technical and vocational education that is dynamically linked to labour market demands (something Modi, too, emphasized in his interview earlier this month to TOI)
* Make English education accessible. Report after report has highlighted the fact that those who speak English earn more. The hypocrisy of some politicians who advocate vernacular education for the masses while sending their own children to English-medium schools must not be allowed to come in the way of the government doing the right thing
* Incentivize the private sector, end the not-for-profit sham. Reputed business houses, in particular, must be encouraged to invest in education. Also, it's time to introduce transparency and clarity by allowing the private sector to invest in education for profit. Some of the biggest 'education barons' in the country are politicians or politically influential businessmen; no one is fooled into thinking they've set up engineering, medical and management colleges because of some higher calling. There's an elaborate charade to show on paper that these colleges are run on a non-profit basis when in fact, they make huge profits. And it's been used to shut out companies and corporate groups which can bring genuine value, but are discouraged by the hypocrisy.
[Source: Times of India dated 30.05.2014]
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