It is crucial for children to be introduced to learning valuable life skills at a very early stage in their formal education. In order to mould a child’s personality in the best way possible, education cannot only include academic excellence, it must enable them to grow into well-rounded individuals as well. This is possible with skills that enhance emotional, artistic, and physical aspects of life. Incorporating skill-based learning into the school curriculum encourages holistic skill development which will enhance creativity, enable them to their own strengths and weaknesses at an early stage, gain confidence to think independently in a critical and analytical way, it inculcates leadership skills, and increases their willingness to experiment which also enables them to accept failures in a graceful manner. Eventually, the country’s workforce will benefit from this as students will grown up to develop employable skills with ease.
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Emerging trends in skill development
The existing talent gap and skill shortage in India has affected many businesses. Many global trends have risen lately that show the underlying idea of a dynamic employment-education sector. By 2025, India will have to increase workforce that is digitally competent by nine times in order to meet rising demands. Including mainstream skills in education systems will make a deeper integration between vocational training and higher education to equip students for an immediate professional launch. Traditional teaching approaches should be aligned with digital instructional resources to create a form of hybrid learning. Integrating higher education with the industry will encourage work-oriented learning. Developing lifetime learning skills at a young age helps to mould a child’s personality holistically. Promoting entrepreneurship helps create a significant demand for competent workers.
PMC and PCC extend agreement for Lighthouse Project
Vikram Kumar, the municipal commissioner of the Pune Municipal Corporation or the PMC has revealed that PMC has plans of expansion of the Lighthouse project, having two centres for 15 wards at the least. In the last six years, over 8,000 people have acquired jobs after developing the required skills through the sustainable livelihood programme for the urban disadvantaged youth that is run by the PMC and the Pune City Connect or the PCC jointly, added Kumar. The five-year agreement between the PMC and the PCC which concluded last month has now been extended for a period of another five years.
Bengal universities sign MoUs with foreign institutes at biz summit
During the Global Interactive Session that was put together by the state government as a part of the Bengal Global Business Summit, 15 memoranda of understanding or MoUs were inked by seven universities of West Bengal, four state-run and three private, in the presence of the Education Minister, Bratya Basu. The MoUs were signed with higher educational institutions that are based outside India with the purpose of having joint research programmes, academic exchange, and knowledge transfer. “We are exploring country-level collaborations, partnerships between regional and international universities and preparation of an institutional framework for promoting strategic partnerships,” said Bratya Basu.
