Pradhan made the remarks while interacting with reporters ahead of the 3rd G20 Education Working Group meeting (Representational image)
The minister also said that there is a need to de-link degrees from competence and envision a future where merit will prevail
Center looking at ways to formalize skills in school education system, Union Education UGC, AICTE, NCERT and NCVET should come together for mapping the skills of the future, Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Tuesday.
The minister also said that there is a need to de-link degrees from competence and envision a future where merit will prevail.
Pradhan made these remarks while talking to reporters ahead of the third meeting of the G20 Education Working Group.
“There are ongoing discussions on how to formalize skilling in our schooling system. Today, we discussed the way forward for a comprehensive and concrete partnership towards skilling with the representatives of Singapore,” he said.
The Minister said that the ongoing deliberations in the G20 Forum will aid in the implementation of the new National Education Policy by understanding and adopting best practices and global models.
“The University Grants Commission (UGC), All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) and National Council for Vocational Education and Training (NCVET) should come together to prepare a framework for mapping Future skills,” he said.
He said, “NEP has paved the way for integration of school education and skilling, horizontal and vertical mobility through the National Credit Framework (NCRF) and has redefined India’s skill ecosystem.”
The minister said the future of jobs is going to be very different from now and “we need to skill map students to make them job-ready”.
Foundation literacy and numeracy, tech-enabled learning, the future of work and research collaboration are priority areas for deliberations during the third G20 Education Working Group meeting to be held from April 27 to 29.
A conference on Deepening Technology and Transforming Logistics for Coastal Economies, a workshop on the future of work and skills architecture, a symposium on capacity building for lifelong learning and an exhibition on the future of work are part of the events that serve as a precursor are being organized in for the meeting.
The first meeting of the G20 Education Working Group was held in Chennai earlier this year, followed by the second meeting in Amritsar last month. The education group will have three supplementary meetings before reaching consensus in June.
Earlier in the day, Pradhan participated in a joint India-Singapore workshop on “Skills Architecture and Governance Models of India and Singapore”.
Indian stakeholders and representatives from its G-20 counterpart Singapore discussed best practices in skills and education adopted in both the countries and ways to create a future-ready workforce.
“The joint engagement between India and Singapore under the ‘G20 Future of Work’ is a great start to develop a seamless architecture for skilling. We have to create a new skilling model that not only meets our mutual priorities but also inspires emerging economies.
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