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Employability Factors
The government policy document also reports that:
● Most of the products (students) of the education system lack employable skills
● The utility of higher education in assuring employment remains questionable
● Many graduate and postgraduate students do not get jobs in their respective
fields
Focus of the Policy
The Draft National Education Policy, 2016 focuses on:
● Producing students / graduates equipped with the knowledge, skills, attitudes,
and values to meet the requirements of the knowledge-based societies
● Improving the quality of education at all levels
● Ensuring quality education for all – children, youth, and adults
● Fostering quality education with a strong focus on reforms related to
curriculum, learning materials, pedagogic processes, learning assessment,
teacher quality and performance
● Promoting acquisition of relevant skills, including technical and vocational
skills, for work and entrepreneurship
● Replacing students’ rote learning with creative and innovative thinking and
communication abilities
● Ensuring integration of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in
education
● Ensuring that the systems of teacher development and management are
reformed to ensure adequate supply of qualified and competent teachers
According to the government, existing initiatives will be strengthened and curricula
revamped with multi-pronged strategies involving Self Help Groups,
Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs), educational institutions, youth and
women’s organisations for achieving universal youth and adult literacy.
The government planned to increase the investment in education sector to at least
6% of the country’s GDP (gross domestic product). However, the current
government spending on education is less than 3% of GDP.
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