| | 8 December 2019HIGHERReviewIN MY VIEWEducation plays a major role in shaping an individual's social and professional well being. It is a powerful instrument for reducing poverty and inequality. Thus, it becomes essential for us to have a robust education system which will prepare the individuals for the current demand and make them employable.To empower the youth, first and foremost we need to pay heed to aug-ment the current education system. The core objective of education is to make the individuals self-dependent and employable which the current system is unable to fulfill complete-ly. The education system needs to be planned in a way that it meets the need of the VUCA world. The syl-labus and curriculum should be de-signed in a way that it provides prac-tical exposure and experience based knowledge to the students.The higher education system can be broadly categorized under two cat-egories (i) Government (ii) Private.While we see a difference in the way the government and private institutes function, the private institutes have caught up with the need of the hour by providing additional programs and initiatives for grooming and preparing the students to efficiently deal with the current workplace dynamics, whereas most of the government institutes still need to buckle up. Considering the evolving business dynamics, there is an immediate need to bring about a holistic change in the current education system. The industry and academia should Alok leads the strategic and corporate initiatives related to Human Resources globally for Datamatics. He has been successfully developing HR strategies while focusing on the growth and development of people across all cadres in the organization. He has been instrumental in leveraging technology and automation to streamline several HR activities with the help of technology in his past 27 years of organizational experience. Alok has held several HR leadership roles, including that of SAP Practice Head for the HR function. He has played an influential role in transforming HR practices with the help of technology for many of the Fortune 100 companies globally. Alok Kumar Jha, EVP & CHROTHE CHANGING FACE OF THE INDIAN EDUCATION SYSTEMBy Alok Kumar Jha, EVP & CHRO, Datamatics Global Services Limited
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