In order to help students perform better and be more employable, education institutions need a certain level of autonomy, said experts at Confluence 2014, a conference organised recently by TalentSprint, a National Skill Development Council (NSDC) partner company.
According to Mohandas Pai, chairman of Manipal Global Education, colleges need a certain amount of flexibility and the ability to transfer to a different course at the end of the first year.
“Students are employed based on the name of their college and not the university. Colleges should, therefore, be given the freedom to set curriculum, transfer students and allow working while studying. Educationists should come together to fight for good regulation so the children get jobs,” he said.
Dilip Chenoy, managing director and CEO of NSDC, said, “Infrastructure to develop employability skills is just coming to India and it is important to ensure the youth are excited about this.”
“Industry needs to define job standards that academia can fulfil,” he said.
Speaking at the event, C. Rangarajan, chairman of Madras School of Economics, said, “The kind of knowledge required by the services sector is very different from what was needed 20 years ago. To achieve a 9.5 per cent growth in economy, focus needs to be on fulfilling the demand for skilled workers.”
At the event, TalentSprint launched their TS mobile application that will allow students to download various resources to help them improve their employability.
