Bridge gap between
rural, urban education @ reducing reliance on foreign education and
products, and using more of indigenous resources
The aim of
higher education should be to use local resources and provide students an easy
access to knowledge and content, noted nuclear scientist Anil Kakodkar has
said.
He suggested
reducing reliance on foreign education and products, and using more of
indigenous resources.
Mr. Kakodkar
called for bridging the gap between rural and urban education so that students
could apply their academic skills in their surroundings.
The former
chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission said universities should focus on
skill-based education and give the task of conducting exams to a private
agency. “Our syllabus should be based on needs of the society and compatible
technology,” he said at a symposium on higher education
here.
“The aim of
higher education should be to use indigenous resources and provide easy access
of knowledge and content in the student’s mother tongue,” he said.
“We rely on
other countries for education and products and think what is imported is the
best. This mindset needs to change,” he said.
The country
cannot develop unless its own resources are used extensively.
He said
literacy is not just a tool for reading and writing. A literate person should
know how to handle devices and must possess digital knowledge.
It was not
just the government’s responsibility to remove the lacunae in higher education.
All stakeholders have to pitch in to bring about a change, he said.
Source | The
Hindu | 4th April 2018
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