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Govt. finalizing the new national education policy: JS MHRD
Nov 09, 2017
Govt. finalizing the new
national education policy: JS MHRD
Knowledge sharing and
student exchange critical in
the wake of
protectionism: JS, MoCI
3-day FICCI Higher
Education Summit 2017 gets under way
NEW DELHI, 9 November 2017: In the wake of protectionism,
knowledge sharing and student exchange programmes become critical and gives a
new hope for tomorrow. Around five million students move around the globe for
education. India was among one of the nations with high outflow of
students, the country spends more than $20 billion on students studying abroad
and there was a need to make India the centre of education.
This was stated by Mr. Sudhanshu Pandey, Joint Secretary,
MoCI, Government of India, at the 13th FICCI Higher Education
Summit 2017, a Global Conference and Exhibition on education organized
by FICCI with the support of the Ministry of Human Resource
Development, Government of India, Ministry of Commerce & Industry,
Government of India, SEPC and AICTE. In line with the government�s
focus to reform the Indian education system to cater to the needs of the
future, the theme for the summit is �Leapfrogging to Education 4.0:
Student at the Core�. This year 67 countries, 1000 delegates of which
more than 247 are foreign delegates predominantly from Africa, SAARC, Middle
East, CIS, Finland, New Zealand, Malaysia, Australia, USA, etc. are
participating at the summit.
Mr. Pandey said that the student has been at the core of education
and shall remain at its epicenter in future as well. The need is to create and
facilitate an ecosystem where students can attain excellence in their chosen
domains. He added that a bridge of understanding needed to be created between
industry and academia so that both can move forward together.
On the occasion, FICCI-EY report �Leapfrogging to Education 4.0:
Student at the Core� and FICCI Report on Social Outreach in Higher Education
were released.
In his Special Address, Dr. N. Saravana
Kumar, Joint Secretary, MHRD, Government of India, said that the government
is in the process of finalizing the new national education policy which will
focus on making India�s education system learner-centric instead of
teacher-centric. Also, the highly regulated education sector is being
liberalized and private sector participation is being encouraged for India to
acquire global citizenship in education.
In his video message, Mr. Prakash Javadekar, Union
Minister for HRD, Government of India, said that the government had
come out with learning outcomes and was providing greater autonomy to the
institutes to pursue research and development and innovation. The government
has initiated several programs such as �Swayam� to promote online learning and
introduced quality benchmarking of institutes to make them competitive globally.
Mr. Suresh Prabhu, Union Minister for
Commerce & Industry, Government of India, in his message, urged the
stakeholders including industry and academic to recommend ideas to promote the
business of education globally. With internet, new business opportunities have
emerged and India must take advantage of it.
Representing Finland, the Partner Country, participating in the
summit with a 15-member delegation, Ms. Nina Vaskunlahti, Ambassador of
Finland to India, said that Finland�s education system stands on four
pillars of equality, efficiency, quality and internationalism. Finland�s
education system is rated among the best in the world and the country would be
forthcoming in sharing its knowledge, technology and best practices in the
education domain with India.
In his Theme Address, Prof (Dr) Rajan Saxena, Chair-FICCI
HE Committee & VC, NMIMS University, said that the student is the
epicenter in Education 4.0 which is giving way to personalized learning with
the use of collaborative technology. Education institutions and
regulatory framework have to embrace 4.0 technologies and processes. Besides,
flexible regulatory framework and academic, financial and administrative
autonomy are imperative for higher education going forward.
In his Special Address, Prof Vinod Bhat, Co
chair, FICCI Higher Education Summit, the emphasis has been on
teaching and not on learning which needs to change in India. The
education sector is undergoing disruptive changes with the advent of new
pedagogy, assessment systems and delivery of knowledge. Therefore, there is a
need to focus on learning which is outcome and result-oriented.
Emphasising the importance of quality education, Dr
Sanjaya Baru, Secretary General, FICCI, said that better education would
facilitate in creating a better talent pool for industry. Thus, there is a need
to create an enabling atmosphere where the government, academia and industry
could work in tandem and create synergies to take Education 4.0.
forward.
Ms. Shobha M. Ghosh, Assistant Secretary
General, FICCI, said that last year two MOUs were signed to set up FICCI-NKFH-SVU
CoE for industry academia engagement in Tirupati and AP-FCCI CoE for Grassroots
Innovation in Vizaq and both the centres will soon become a reality. She added
that this year FICCI is signing a MoU with AICTE to take the agenda of
Education 4. 0 ahead.
Ms. Sangeeta Godbole,
Director General, Services Export Promotion Council (SEPC), said that SEPC,
set up by the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of
India, facilitates service exporters of India which includes education sector
as well. Going forward, SEPC would bridge the gap between academia and industry
while pushing for greater autonomy in the education sector, policy reforms and
internationalization of education.
FICCI MEDIA DIVISION
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