Education Higher Education: inne: cresting an simorphers tht can caterto the sprains of youngsters wating to pursue cting-edge research wllrequir addressing mule Challenges These pertsinta fending academic autonomy, designing obur pracesesforrecrtment of facut, counseling arrangements for fricareer esetchersandaysemsta help overcome the many Briers equalty and diversity issues T. Poorperformanc of indian universias athe World Unversity Rankings 2. Insttinal shortcomings tke 2 Ink of quality research, 3. less oom fr cross specialization, © lessornon existent ndusty exposure 3. Autonomy ana freedom from bureserai shackles Complex plant upgrade calegesistime consuming and requires consistent funding 5 Thiirachanceto reimagine higher education in India Forlongthirhas been efit ond exlvonony; education ha been [ez obout tearing and more cbaut acguting degreer. The pandemic can change tha welt 6. anoverhelming majorty ofthese nsttutions are veritable rubber stomps or degree cetficaes inititives: 1 New ranting system - > ARIA 5) tina! ntiutionl Ranking Fomewsrk MIR) implemented in 202, India's frst government-supperted ranking of alleges and 2. Institue of Eminence: Mare autonomy in designing sylbi and deciding fee structure. Teachers would aso be alowed to tke up constancy work 3. Graded autonomy Praec: provides considerable freedom for academi, nancial and administrative innovation tothe alleges ané SnWversiesparichating, And makes easier hire international facut, tradtionoly very dificult todo 4. Studyin inde intiove To atract international dents aims at dvbling ngs tiny share fob dent mobi from 2% 2% S\ Modhocmenon ene 2011: Open and dance leaning i place of highly cal intensvs conventional cassroom education 6 National Kaowledae Network (MOU gow intiatve, can lay 2 key rein bringing students, eserchers, academics andthe government {an a common platform for mprovnghe qusity of experience. The government would da wellto encourage the KN to purse cognive Science programmes that would lok at easy ways to communicate and represent information trough aril inteligenceané human- computer ineracion 7. Internationa branch comauses 8: Interationaliston of higher eduction hasbeen highlighted a2 an objective, One such provision isto invite the top 100 World Cass Unversties te epen international branch campuses (BC) in ini. The underying assumption ito raise the ‘andard of esearch and teachingta international levels and sow dow the oxt-bound moby a nian tudents 8 The callborain(o foreign Uns and ITs) hasbeen strengthened by governments schemes such 3x GAN ané SPARC. misc 1 arse enrolment ratio [GER was 25.9% in 2027-8, vp rom 20% n 2008-05 GER isthe ratio of total nrliment of an age group tothe total Population ofthat age group 2. Bast Proctces 2 Kerataka government ial 0 send out report cards that grade teachers on ther performance 8. The ole of Stanford University’s engineering department in buldingSticonVallystack-boom is welbknown. In return the universty'sentepreneril alumni Mave crested an endowment ystem that has rengthened Stanor's inks wh the information economy 3. The recent announcement that the government wl buy bulk subzerptone of sintfc journal so that everyone can access them #6 in the right direcion Why low research/low rankings? 1. Indian Universities parsst in separating research and teaching activities, depriving students to cutting-edge ideas 2. Indian R&D expenditure of 0.62% of GDP is one of the lowest in amerging economies. COVID- Digitol Education: Intro/ Way forward Blended modes of education will be unavoidable: ‘L. Alignment with the glabalSDG 4 ‘online instruction where possible, and limited 2. Changed damands af a knowledge economy contac for laboratory instruction and indWvidual 3. To create an India-centared education system that contributes ‘mentoring Ifthis can lead to the emergence of a irectly to transforming our nation sustainably ito an equitable ‘new pedagogic poradigm, we would have made the ‘and vibrant knowledge society, by providing high quality sweetest ure of this adversity ‘education to all 2. Dependence on online learning exposes deepening ‘4. make education systems more inclusive, flexible, and resilient ‘digial éivide’ 5. efforts are being made to make India a global hub (Vishwa guru) 3. The adoption or integration of technology in ‘orfor higher education. education also depends an the specific institution 6. Insitutions ike IITs have to become mult-disciplinary. ‘and ts location: there isa huge digital divide inthe 7. Access and quality are the two targets ‘country intarme of bandwidth and reliable 8. Pillars of education Infrastructure, Human resource, connectivity, 3 well a very unequal accessta Governance, maintenance or financing, Autonomy. funding 8, Time has came to move towards research which is socially relevant, locally ne2¢-based, nationally important, and globallyconnectivity, 3 well a very unequal accessto funding Initiatives: ‘.- MOOCs, NFTEL SWAYAM 2. DIKSHA platform Can be further strengthened to ‘ensure accessibility of leaning tothe students 3. One nation- One digital platform initiate 4, PM eVIDYA- Under which universities can start online courses without UGC icense 5. Sankalp-for Hindi medium govt school students Issues: 1. Interrupted learning 2. Poor nutrtion -Students rely on free or discounted ‘meals provided by schools 3. Confusion and stress by teachers Parents unprepared for distance and home schooling 5. Challengesin creating, maintaining and improving distance learning 6. Risein dropout rates 7. social isolation as schools are hubs of social activity ‘and human interaction 8. Challengesin measuring and validating learning 9. Problemsfor Pw people ‘Ades of e-learning: ‘L. Flexbity to plan schedule 2. Ease of acess 3. Solves teacher scarcity 44 Environmentally friendly - Consumes less energy, & learnings a paperless learning method Disadus of e-learning 1. Feedbackis limited Lack of realtime, face-to-face feadback 2. Social isolation 3. Lack of communicational skill development 4. cheating Challenges of e-learning: 1. Digital divide 3. Lesethan 25% of rural households have internet connection Source - HSCE India Repon) b, 4.4% of rural households and 23.9% urban households have computer/iaptop (NSSO) 2. Gender Dwvige- 1. Female internet users are only 25% (UN Repon) . India ranks 212th in WEF GGI's educational attainment component 3. Diffiut for parents to adjust to the online system Lack of vernacular content - az mast ofthe content in internet are in english 5. Creating new inequality - Only a handful of premier insitutes adopted to online learning while the rast of ‘them have completely shut down 6. Difficuties for teachers 2. uncomfortable with using technology . fcuttto develop 2 rapport with students interference by overenthusiatic parents 7. Complications in conducting large-scale, high-stakes Immediate/Short term measures: 1L. Ensuring continuity of learning 2. Improve content in regional language Deliver ‘educational content with the help of grassroots organzations 3. Leveraging community owned tablets and smart devices, 44 Establishing quality assurance mechanisms and ‘quality benchmark for online leaming platforms Long term measures: 1. Inclusive learning solutions needs tobe developed 2. Reduce the Gender divide by leveragingthe digital 4 LMsco eet mes Gb Caton wont | Semen AE) eyo Son cece Governance, maintenance or financing, Autonomy. 9, Time has came to move towards research which is socially relevant, locally need-based, nationally important, and globally significant 20, There is also a need to shit from information-based syllabus to hilebazed curriculum 41. Amultepronged strategy is necessary to manage the crisis in the short term and build 3 resent Indian education system in the longterm Extending Non-formal education in rural regions to tap the agricultural potential of workforce. Sasic agricultural subjects can also be introduced a pre-igh school and higher secondary level with the purpose of imparting first-hand knowledge on a particular agro- business or agricultural production self-learning aspects. Updating course curiculum: Agricultura education needs to keep pace with the changing agrieultura scenario and developing technology and Incorporate aspects of agro-business management and sustainable practices. Teaining the acodemic staff and collaborating with other national or international centres of excellence can give better exposure tothe teachers Providing students quidonce and counseling: through training and placement cellsto attract students in agriculture and to prepare them or job markets Effective accreditation zyetem should be evolved for monitoring the {qualty of SAUs and they can be incentivzed to adopt the Model Ac for Agricultural Universtis in India (2008) developed by the ICAR through erformance-based grants Release of fund through the ICAR Development Grant should be “irecty made avallable to the colleges with 2freadom to the Deans for better utilzation of the fund in the areas of spectic need Publc-private partnerships in education Expand access to marginalized groups Objectives: ‘L_ Help countries in mobilising resources and implementing innovative and context-appropriate solutions to provide ‘education remotely, leveraging hitech, low-tech and no-tech ‘approaches 2. Seek equitable solutions and universal acess 3. Ensure coordinated responses and avoid overtapping efforts Facilitate the return of students to school when they reapen to ‘avoid an upsurge in dropout rates Policies 1. The DNEP isa great first-step, but the reforms must be pushed ‘through and must lead to legislation that wll fund research- bared universities. 2. The Indian school education system remains top-down in making policy, which may not advance educational reform, 3, forthe vision ofthe NEP t be fulfilled, a robust coordination ‘mechanism forinterminiserial cooperation is necessary for bringing the skis development and vocational education systems ‘together. pcemdacgoncanaeee |! 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