Kapil Sibal, the Union Minister for Human Resource and Development (HRD) and Information Technology, while inaugurating the World Education Summit 2011 (WES-2011) stated the need of mobility of students from one university to the other mid-session and the need for public private partnership (PPP) so that major reforms in the education system could be embarked upon.
He also emphasized upon the parallel system of vocational education exactly like the formal system of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).
The WES-2011 was organized by the Indira GandhiNational Open University (IGNOU) along with Centre for Science Development and Media Studies (CSDMS) and Elets Technomedia on Wednesday.
"In higher education, to collaborate between the universities, you need mobility and choice of set standards to easily move to reform the examination system so that the entry should be based on one exam. You need a semester system to allow that mobility. All this requires a whole range of reforms. No university doing a three years course would allow a semester learner. We must dismantle the structure. It should not only be the question of access but quality, which is necessary. This is a country centric problem therefore, this has to be addressed by us," Sibal said.
"We must ensure that a child must develop employable skills during his schools days. Why can't a child take music with mathematics, geography with physics? We need flexibility and change of mindset. Discipline of knowledge is only acquisition of knowledge.
What we need is skills for tomorrow with a change in content of education," added Sibal.
V N Rajasekharan Pillai, vice chancellor, IGNOU, while delivering his opening address said: "Education today is not just about spreading knowledge and skills but developing, training and capacity building. India is witnessing a great change in terms of quality and quantity at all levels. Establishing universities, instituting reforms, creating a national vocational framework, technology integration, all these are important areas to network."
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