| | 8 March 2020HIGHERReviewIN MY VIEWFORECAST OF THE EDUCATION SECTOR IN 2020T omorrow is always hopeful and 2020 is like moving out of teens, maturing in all ways and transforming education to new heights. Chal-lenges will be many, but we will witness new initiatives in the education arena. Raising quality stan-dards, attaching relevance to global borderless economy, elevating the knowledge reservoir through research and diverse learning opportunities, creating attraction for best of students and quality conscious teachers and gen-erating sustainability are challenges that educational in-stitutions will have to cope with.The National Education Policy (NEP) introduced in 2019 is promising to bring drastic changes to the edu-cation system and we can expect some action in this re-gard. The policy covers all education levels from school to higher education. It proposes to reform the assessment system and restructure the education framework. Pro-viding high-quality education has been the focused es-sence of NEP. Transformation, sustainability and equi-table and vibrant knowledge creation is its vision. We are likely to witness three levels of multi-disciplinary institutions: · Teaching Universities which will have teaching as their focus.· Research Universities focusing on research coupled with teaching.· Autonomous colleges which will cater to under-graduate studies.We can foresee setting up of Indian Institute of Lib-eral Arts which will be model multidisciplinary liberal arts schools providing four years of liberal arts education with appropriate certifications and multiple exit options.By Dr. Lakshmi Mohan, Director, ITM Business SchoolPhD in CSR, Post Graduate in Management (PGDHRM) and Education Management (PGDEdM), involved in overall Campus Leadership, achieving all set standards of Academic Delivery, Industry Interface, Society Connect through NGOs and effective Academic Collaborations. Presently, Lakshmi Mohan is heading ITM Business School, Kharghar.Dr. Lakshmi Mohan, Director
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