Wednesday, April 06, 2011

Geeta Anand on the state of higher ed in India

The second link takes a look at Wipro's initiative to train the teachers. But there's nothing new in the first link if you have been following the (lack of progress in) India's higher ed sector -- what is different this time is that the employability issue is being raised not by the IT industry, but by call centers -- yes, call centers. Now, that is a low blow!

  1. India Graduates Millions, but Too Few Are Fit to Hire

  2. Wipro Program Takes on Education Woes

Thanks to my colleague Prof. Dipankar Banerjee for the e-mail alert.

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2 comments:

  1. SImpaCT9:27 AM, April 07, 2011

    Hi Abi, Don't know if you have seen this recent survey http://www.aspiringminds.in/docs/National_IT_ITeS_Employability_Study.pdf

    The problem is so complex that it takes about 34 pages to just explore parts of it, leave alone the solutions. I say 34 because I wrote a paper attempting to get a handle on it. Let me inflict this on your readers :-)
    http://www.scribd.com/doc/49628663/Undergraduate-Education-in-India-part-1 (34 pages)

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  2. sugan3:05 PM, April 07, 2011

    https://blogs.zoho.com/general/wsj-india-graduates-millions-but-too-few-are-fit-to-hire-yes-but#comments

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