Indian Education Summit 2022 begins today. (File) India Education Summit 2022 Live Updates:Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Wednesday said India’s potential is the 53 crore youth of the country. “If they study to become employees it won’t help, they need to study to become employers,” he said delivering his keynote at second Indian Express Education Summit In New Delhi.
The sessions will include discussion on technology intervention in Government education, personalised education, keeping kids safe online and more.
Stakeholders from different domains of the education sector will hold discussions on the most pressing issues in the space. Day 1 will have a discussion on one year into the National Education Policy, its impacts, and the implementation report. Through the event, participants will also have a chance to learn and implement blended education, meet educators of the new world and interact on a real-time basis with speakers as well as fellow attendees.
Indian Education Summit begins today. Express photo by Ravi Kanojia.
"At Coursera is we're addressing three constituents -- students learning on campus, students who now are willing to come and learn fully online and it aligns with the NEP's big push on fully online degrees. IIT-Madras has a very successful programme. And then the third element is working professionals. And what we've seen and this is something that we believe at Coursera is that talent is available everywhere. Opportunities are what the challenge which needs to be addressed," Raghav Gupta, Managing Director, India and APAC,
Coursera said
In the panel discussion on The School Story in Covid-19', all the panelists unanimously agreed on the importance of ight techniques and pedagogies of assessment. The focus should not be laid on scoring high marks but on better learning. Assessment system needs to change to actually measure the skills of critical thinking creativity, collaboration, resilience, ability to open, limited resources. All of those are the skills that we need to measure the NDP talks about but the question is how our education system the way it's set up, the panelists suggested.
"The way pandemic went on two years, so it was a journey where the teachers were thrown in into the deep end of the ocean and then told now you have to learn to swim. And I must say that they rose up to the occasion and really performed very well because it's the teachers who had to face not only the difficulty of teaching students online, but had to face a lot of parental involvement while they were teaching online. So you have a lot of parents who are there in the background, giving them their inputs of how you should be teaching, the lesson and all of that. So a time of introspection, a time of breaking that glass ceiling and realising that we are capable then so much more than we give ourselves credit for," said Raghav Podar, Chairman, Podar Education in the panel discussion on 'The School Story in Covid-19'
"Some of the big differences I see now from before is really just the receptiveness of how education institutions, teachers, and everyone close that using tools and other products especially online. Youtube is like a library and plays an important role in student’s education journey. The ed-tech ecosystem is providing right platform and accessibility to students in any area of the world," Shantanu Sinha, Director, Product Management, Google said
While day one will began with Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s address. It will be followed by a panel discussion on 'Redifining Education for all'. This will be moderated by Anushree Bhattacharyya, Editor - Education, Brand and Marketing, FE Digital. The third session of the day will be another discussion on 'The School Story in Covid-19'. This will be followed by a discussion on ‘Technology intervention in Government education’
English should be learnt as a business language, it is important for entrepreneurial and diplomatic relations internationally. NEP promotes all regional languages to promote the development of critical thinking skills in the students.
“Our potential is the 53 crore youth. If they study to become employees it won’t help, they need to study to become employers,” Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan at #IES2022
Talking about the highly talented youth in the tier-II and III cities as well as in rural areas, education minister highlighted the need for skill development to help these students fly high. "We want to encourage these students to pursue their dreams of entrepreneurship, scientist, engineers by guiding and providing global solutions through NEP 2020," he said.
Approximately 35 crore Indians are under formal or informal education. To make India a superpower, it is important to skill this population involved in the education sector. Technology plays an important role in bridging the education gap.
The pandemic has drastically affected the lives of students who will be making important decisions for the country in the next 20 years. It is important to address these challenges and find the right ways to help them cover this gap.
Stakeholders from different domains of the education sector will hold discussions on the most pressing issues in the space. Day 1 will have a discussion on the National Education Policy, its impacts, and implementation plan. Through the event, participants will also have a chance to learn and implement blended education, meet educators of the new world and interact on a real-time basis wuth speakers as well as fellow attendees.
Interested can register themselves by clicking at the top right button 'Indian Education Sumit' on the indianexpress.com homepage. One can also visit indianeducationsummit.in to catch the updates and participate in the event. The event will also be live-streamed at the Youtube Channel of Indian Express Online. For more updates keep watching this space.
Indian Education Summit (IES) 2022 is a dialogue platform hosted by the Indian Express Online media where stakeholders from different spheres of the education domain will discuss the 'future of education’. Beginning on March 6, it is a three-day event. On the first day, Education Minister will talk about India's National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and the vision of an educated India. The discussion starts at 10 am.