The committee for Draft National Education Policy under the Chairmanship of Dr.K.Kasturirangan su... more The committee for Draft National Education Policy under the Chairmanship of Dr.K.Kasturirangan submitted its report on the May 31, 2019. The Educational Policy committee seeks to address the access, equity, quality, affordability and accountability issues faced by the educational system of India. The present paper attempts to relate the report's approach and recommendations with the reality of the multi-segmented labor market prevailing in the country. In Chapter 20 of the report there is mention of integration of vocational education into all schools, colleges and universities. However, there is no special chapter in the report to analyze industry-academia collaboration and to address the huge unemployment problem prevailing in the country. In India, about 93% of the workforce is employed in the informal economy, which contributes about 60% of the GDP. Labor productivity is low in this sector because investment and level of technology are low. Informality of employment and pove...
The committee for Draft National Education Policy under the Chairmanship of Dr.K.Kasturirangan su... more The committee for Draft National Education Policy under the Chairmanship of Dr.K.Kasturirangan submitted its report on the May 31, 2019. The Educational Policy committee seeks to address the access, equity, quality, affordability and accountability issues faced by the educational system of India. The present paper attempts to relate the report's approach and recommendations with the reality of the multi-segmented labor market prevailing in the country. In Chapter 20 of the report there is mention of integration of vocational education into all schools, colleges and universities. However, there is no special chapter in the report to analyze industry-academia collaboration and to address the huge unemployment problem prevailing in the country. In India, about 93% of the workforce is employed in the informal economy, which contributes about 60% of the GDP. Labor productivity is low in this sector because investment and level of technology are low. Informality of employment and pove...
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