The NEP highlights that by 2025, at least 50% of learners will have exposure to vocational education through the school and higher education systems, for which a clear action plan with targets and timelines will be developed. (Representational Image)
The issue will be discussed between the two countries in a series of upcoming events ahead of the G20 Education Working Group meeting in Bhubaneswar, Odisha from April 22 to 27.
India and Singapore are set to explore possibilities of exchanging “best practices” focused on integrating “skilling” and “re-skilling” into school curriculum, and incorporating vocational studies into mainstream education. The series of events leading up to the G20 Education Working Group meeting in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, from April 22 to 27, said central government officials.
According to education ministry officials, one of the key sessions during the meeting will be on partnering with the Singapore government to learn “best practices” from the school system and each other.
These are precursor events to the third Education Working Group meeting on the theme ‘The Future of Work’.
The fourth and final working group meeting will be held in Pune, Maharashtra from June 19 to 21 on the theme ‘Foundational Numeracy and Literacy (FLN)’. The first two meetings were held earlier this year at IIT-Madras, Chennai and Amritsar, Punjab respectively.
“We will be holding a workshop with representatives of the Singapore government on 25 April where the breakout session will be ‘Integrating Skills into the School Education Curriculum’. Although we will introduce it as an optional subject for classes 9 and 10 under the Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), and as a compulsory subject for class 10 and 11, but now the new national Education Policy (NEP) 2020, we have to start skilling from class 6 onwards,” said School Education Secretary Sanjay Kumar.
The idea is to enhance efforts to create an environment where there is a demand for vocational education. “This is where we will take best practices from each other,” he said.
The NEP highlights that by 2025, at least 50% of learners will have exposure to vocational education through the school and higher education systems, for which a clear action plan with targets and timelines will be developed.
Atul K Tiwari, Secretary, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE), said that Singapore has done a lot in the areas of skilling, re-skilling and upskilling. “From school curriculum to higher education, the emphasis is on creating a system where vocational studies are part of mainstream education,” he said.
He said the discussions would also include equipping children with a range of future skills to set them on a lifelong learning curriculum.
The retrospective events are being conducted in collaboration with various higher education institutions and industry partners including IIT Bhubaneswar, IIM Sambalpur, Central Universities, NITs, IMMT Bhubaneswar, Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, Deloitte, CII and USIBC.
In addition, 2023 being the ‘International Year of Millets’, a food festival showcasing tribal millets and local cuisine will be organized for G20 delegates and participants.
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