India Education Summit 2022 Live Updates: UGC to soon roll out regulation on foreign universities wanting to set up campuses in India

'Today we have permitted the students to do up to 40% of their credits, anywhere outside their own institution, and parallel to this we have also created the academic bank of credit. Sooner we are also going to come up with modifications which will enable some of the top universities in our country to offer online programmes without even any permission from UGC.'

"As a regulator, we would like to keep away from the freedom that the Institute should have in customising the education for their students. So both the availability of intellectual resources and also the technology that is already present to us should enable the institute to design multidisciplinary education," UGC Chairman said.

Talking on ‘One year into NEP', Anil Sahasrabudhe, Chairman, AICTE said “We have allowed engineering colleges to start programmes in respective regional languages and about 20 colleges in 10 states now teach engineering in six different languages. Similarly, there are lots of courses that are available on SWAYAM web platform. We are translating all those courses which are relevant to the curriculum of the engineering schools, and 136 or such courses are relevant for different disciplines of engineering are getting translated into core language partly done by IIT Madras.”

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In the panel discussion on ‘Taking Education to the next Billion’, Andrew Thangaraj, Professor, IIT Madras pointed out, “Taking education to all the next million, along with quality and rigour and no large scale operation, I think cost is a vital, vital, vital point. I think we never spoke about it that much. The average cost of government arts and science college today is Rs 6000 per semester and people get a degree for 30,000 total. So when large public institutions like IITs get into online delivery and large scale operations, we are able to really offer it at lower cost because there is a public investment here we're able to do it at lower costs and Bittle exam by like Rs 1000 or even that would CSR support. we offer it for Rs 500 for everybody,

Joseph Linson Director - Government and Education Business, Intel talks about Technology intervention in Government education

"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.