Re: [MTC Global] President of India Calls for the Skilling of India’s Large Workforce through Training and Education

Dear Prof. Dutta,

I am forced to comment on this continued state of secondary education in our country for quite some time. The comments of our Hon President opens up some new facets:

1. How do you define a good teacher?

2. How do you continue to derive the good teaching standard from the so defined good teacher? (Especially when the effective teachers are being overloaded with various administrative tasks).

3. The shift of our value-based education system prevailing during 12 BC has now shifted to westernized education with a major commercial motive. It will take centuries to take a U-turn to revert to the old system.

4. The emphasis on skill based education has been derived from introspection of non productive growth of youth and getting a clue from the German Model.

5. The two models of education excellence are entirely different, with mutually exclusive objectives. It needs to be decided by the policy makers as to which one to be enforced based on the image that they want to project and the anticipated outcome. 

Prof (Dr) Manoj Mehrotra

Director

School of Management Sciences,

Lucknow

Mob: 9919777701

On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 8:44 PM, Prof. Bholanath Dutta <bnath.dutta@gmail.com> wrote:

The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee has called for the skilling of India`s large workforce, which accounts for two-third of her population, through proper training and education.

The President said the progress of our nation is contingent on the drive, motivation, initiative and energy of our youth. India boasts of the largest population of young people in the world. This demographic dividend can be reaped only through education.

The President pointed out that India has the largest secondary education system in the world with total enrolment of over 10.7 crore. Yet, the gross enrolment ratio at the secondary education level is a mere 53 in India as compared to 96 in the US, 94 in South Africa and 89 in Russia and Mexico respectively.

The President pointed out that more than two lakh meritorious students leave the country for pursuing higher studies in foreign universities and none of our institutions are ranked in the top 200 positions by reputed international surveys. Yet, there was a time between 6th century B.C. and 12th century AD when scholars from around the globe used to flock to Indian seats of higher learning like Nalanda, Takshashila and Vikramshila. The President said standards of education in the country must be improved and education made affordable for meritorious students from all backgrounds. There is also need to create a large pool of good quality and committed teachers who can be entrusted the responsibility of shaping the next generation.

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