NEW DELHI: India has to become a producing economy by utilising the opportunities presented by Industry 4.0, and develop the education infrastructure that surpasses global standards, Union Minister for Education Dharmendra Pradhan has said.
“Education infrastructure is a multi-dimensional concept, beyond developing brick-and-mortar structures,” he said after inaugurating a two-day national workshop on higher and technical education with the Secretaries of States and UTs in New Delhi on November 12, 2024.
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Addressing the event, Pradhan said that the workshop would serve as a platform for rigorous academic brainstorming, particularly how education could bring substantive improvements in furthering ease of living, enhancing per capita income and achieving national priorities set by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Five key areas
The Union Education Minister suggested five key areas for the academic leaders and administrators to focus on— strengthening public universities through innovative modes of funding; setting up think tanks for aligning and tailoring curriculum as per the demand of industry and also as per the needs and aspirations of states/UTs; adopting a multidisciplinary approach to research and innovation for assuming leadership in solving global problems; promoting Academic Leadership Development Programmes in each state and UT through collaborations with eminent central/state institutions; and reviving vibrancy of campus life through sports, debate, poetry, drama, performing arts (already creditised through NEP) and giving primacy to these non-scholastic areas.
Pradhan also emphasised on the importance of teaching in Indian languages. Stressing the accountability towards the students of the country, he said everyone will have to work together to establish India’s global leadership in education.
