‘New education methods will transform the way students learn’ @ Education 4.0
Education is set for massive
transformation as technology is ushering in a new era in the field of learning,
said T.V. Mohandas Pai, Chairman Aarin Capital. In the new scheme of things the
student would be at the core and would decide as well as create her/his own
degree at one’s own pace and medium. Mr. Pai, former Infosys CFO, and who is
also Chairman, Manipal Global Education Services, explains what Education 4.0
is all about. Excerpts:
What
is Education 4.0 and why is it important?
Education
4.0 is putting students at the heart of educational experience and creating
individual learning experiences. Education 1.0 was the traditional method of
students going to a Gurukul in India. Then came the universities as in Takshila
and Nalanda in India.
Then
Universities came up in Europe. Then you had the industrial revolution which
demanded a large number of people who could be trained. There, student read
books, sat down and listened to the teachers. They had a course, they had a
curriculum and then they obtained a certificate to earn a livelihood.
In
Education 4.0, students can create a degree of their own, are able to do a
degree in nuclear science [combining it] with biotechnology, with dance, with
music or with fundamental physics or something like that.
The
mix and match is available and can be done offline or online. A student can sit
at home do a course online and get a degree.
How
is it panning out?
It’s
already happening in the world. Many students will ask themselves why they need
a university degree? Why can’t they do things on their own?
Employers
will ask what the value of a university degree is? It is happening but slowly
in India because lots of people have a common education system and they still
want a degree. We see change all over the world and in next 5-10 years we see
acceleration and an increase in people taking such certification.
Will Education 4.0 see reality by
2020?
I
think around the world it will pick up by 2020 and in India by 2025. Our
problem is the government. Our problem is the UGC. And also remember we are
long behind the curve... in America, 70% of people go to college, in Germany
80% and in Japan 88% of people go to college.
How
do you enhance the quality of education?
For
that we need to see which are the best institutes in the world and what the
catalyst is. The best institutes are Oxford, Harvard, Cambridge and they are so
good because they decide what they want to do.
They
decide on courses, examinations... No Government and no regulator interference.
The U.S. and U.K. governments just give money. We need to give full freedom to
the top 100 education institutions and in the next five years we will see a
change. We also need public funding for research. The government should have a ₹5,000
crore annual fund for research and all universities should bid for it.
Regards
Pralhad Jadhav
Senior Manager @ Knowledge
Repository
Khaitan & Co
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