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Enhancing India’s workforce to sustain growth, ensure global competitiveness, and provide equitable education access. Addressing current education challenges and proposing innovative solutions for future readiness.
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Minds on Fire Enhancing India’s Knowledge Workforce
Sustain economic growth Provide equitable access to opportunity Ensure continued global competitiveness …at all capability levels Guaranteeing the Readiness of the Entire Indian Population for Productive Contribution that Will:
Problem Statement • Basic Education – approximate metrics: • Of 411 million students only 234 million enter school at all. Less than 20% reach high school, and less than 10% graduate (http://education.nic.in/sector.asp#size) • 1/3 of children in Grade V cannot read or write • Higher Education • Out of 3 million “educated” people who enter the labor force each year, only 500,000 are considered “employable in an international corporate work place.”
Future Vision Independent Measurement of Capability Attainment Ongoing Mobility Based on Capability Professionals College Grads Para-professionals & Technical Vocational Skills Literacy
LEARNING 2.0: A PARADIGM SHIFT “MINDS ON FIRE” Lifelong Learning Open Collaborative Content Public Private Partnership Access Problem Solving Creativity Critical Thinking Collaboration Communication Entrepreneurship
Learning 2.0 : 21st Century Learning Models Cisco Networking Academy Intel Computer Clubhouse Faulkes Online Telescope OPEN COURSEWARE CONSORTIUM (100 Universities/colleges worldwide, 4000 courses and growing!) BROADBAND ACCESS
Women are a Critical Element to Drive Change in Mindsets for Learning 2.0 Knowledge Centers • “Bookends”: Mothers’ supervision and organization combined with children’s curiosity • Creates family culture of value for education • Women bring back learning to families • For example, healthcare
Recommendations • Implement Universal Broadband and e-Education • Sponsor Self-Directed Open Collaborative Learning: “Minds on Fire” Knowledge Centers 3. Enable Equitable Access to Learning through Skills Vouchers 4. Promote Competition in Education through Multiple Models 5. Provide Autonomy to Educational Institutions 6. Ensure Mentoring and a Safety Net • Establish “Teach for India” for college graduates • Exploit the 100,000 CSC Centers as Knowledge Centers • Incorporate Knowledge Learning Centers in Special Economic Zones (SEZs)
KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS DEVELOPMENT IN SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES GOAL: TO CREATE SEZ KNOWLEDGE LEARNING CENTRES KNOWLEDGE SOURCE OPEN SOURCE KNOWLEDGE BASE MIT Open Course Ware DELIVERY SYSTEM AI-CII ICT CURICULUM DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE IGNOU Indira Gandhi National Open University GOI POLICY DRIVES DEVELOPMENT OF SEZ KNOWLEDGE LEARNING CENTRES SEZ COMPANY CREATES KNOWLEDGE LEARNING CENTRE (KLC) SCOPE OF SEZ IMPACT SOCIAL IMPACT ZONE (Region Impacted by proposed SEZ) PAYOFF OF KLC Local Value Added Jobs Created Educated Local Workforce Exportable Nationally ICT Employment Generator Proactive Response to Local Resistance to SEZ Proposals
Thank You Contact : Vikram Tiwathia Chief Information Officer Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) E Mail: vikram.tiwathia@ciionline.org