The snobbish divide between academics and skills should end and vocational education should be transformed into an aspirational university system closely linked to industry, says a report submitted by a committee of experts set up by the Union Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE).
The committee’s recommendations have urgency in the light of concerns over how India is going to reap the benefits of the demographic dividend. The number of the educated unemployed will climb from 7-8 million to 10 million per annum by 2020.
The committee's report says India should set its targets. . .