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By Mr.Ankit
Shyamsukha, CEO, ICA Edu Skills
At a time
when the spotlight is completely on building India Aatmanirbhar, the youth of the country needs skill that makes
them self-confident, self-reliant and also future ready. Even Prime Minister
Narendra Modi-led new education policy has been prepared keeping in mind the
current needs of the education system. Our PM has recently emphasized that the
second biggest focus after health in this year's budget is on education, skill,
research and innovation. The higher education scenario is no doubt going
through an exciting phase with the onset of new education policy and technological
advancements.
According to
a survey report by FICCI, at least 9 percent Indians will be in jobs that do
not exist currently and 37 percent of the workforce will require radically
changed skill sets to meet their employment demands. Therefore, skill
development programs have to be robust so that the youth are well-equipped with
the essential skills that are needed for lending a support and enhance the
economy. More than 1.5 million schools across India had to shut down overnight
owing to the Covid 19 pandemic throwing the children to a completely new world
of digital education. Although in the post-pandemic ecosystem, digital
education has been embraced, India still needs to work extensively to create
the environment for blended learning. According to a UNICEF report, only 24
percent of Indian households have the internet to access e-education.
Here are
some of the reforms which are the need of the hour:
More
job-guaranteed courses
Finance and
Accounts course continue to be the dominant ones
A report
from US Bureau of Labor Statistics says the employment opportunities in
financial and business occupations are expected to rise faster than all the
other occupations between 2019 and 2029. More than 476,000 new jobs are
expected to be added to the hundreds of thousands of positions already in place
in these industries. So, for professional stability and rising opportunities
both the courses offer diverse career path to pursue.
Academic
institutions must collaborate with vocational institutes
Integrating
academic institutions with vocational institutes enable the students and
faculty members to have a richer, better and sequenced curriculum. This kind of
curriculum provides them both practical and theoretical knowledge of the world.
This also helps them to be future ready. The schooling experience also becomes
unified. Even the faculty members need to be trained to the new teaching
techniques that include activity-based learning, hands on problem solving
skills and skills from various domains.
More stress on
presentation, business communication, and task management
At present
companies are seeking for presentation, business communication and task
management capabilities in the employees. Communication is a cornerstone of
presentation and task management. In the digital world, it’s important that you
exhibit your business ideas clearly to others. Business communication can be
understood by comprehending five broad subjects – collaboration, public
speaking, listening, nonverbal communication and written communication. A good
business communication process lies in presenting out of the box ideas,
executing decisions and successful selling of the products.
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