Education System Needs Basic Changes

Education System Needs Basic Changes

‘Steps initiated towards making education globally recognisable’

Sathyamangalam: All-India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) Chairman Damodar Acharya has called for ‘fundamental changes’ in education system to remain competitive in a globalised world.

Delivering the seventh Graduation Day address at Bannari Amman Institute of Technology here on Saturday, he said; “Our higher education system should undergo total reengineering so that our degrees get world-wide recognition and our students become globally employable”.

AICTE had initiated steps towards making education globally recognisable and competitive and one such step was signing the Washington Accord, which, he said, would be sometime in June this year.

This would solve employment and underemployment problems, he said and cautioned that it was a long road with full of challenges.

Flexibility Needed:

On higher education syllabi, particularly technical education, Mr. Acharya said it required a lot of flexibility. “There should be a lot of manoeuvrability, allowing a student to choose the course he wants to pursue and the education institution”. He also recommended switching to choice based credit system.

The Chairman also had a word of advice for the students. He suggested that they turn entrepreneurs. “Rather than looking for job, become job creators. And, turning entrepreneur is not difficult in India, where the success rate of entrepreneurs is very high”. He then touched upon the problems of poor communication skills among students and core engineering attracting fewer choosers as against circuit branches.

College Chairman S.V. Balasubramaniam, who administered the pledge to the graduates, urged them to use science and technology for the betterment of humanity.

As many as 602 students received their degrees.

Education System Needs Basic Changes

Related Web Pages