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India-Canada College Forum: ACCC Congress February 6, 2012
Dr. Ajay Kela, President and CEO
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Agenda
The India Opportunity
Types of Support Needed
How Best to Provide the Support
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The Supply Side
Who don't do De-
grees 4.5MM, 64%
Join Degree 2.5MM, 36%
7 million graduate 12th grade each year
4.5 million are left behind
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The Demand Side
Booming EconomyHigh demand for entry and mid skills jobs
Healthcare workersBanking and Retail sales agents,
Paralegals and ParamedicsOther white collar employees
Pic: IBAB BangalorePic: Bpovoice.com
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The Gap
High school graduates lack skillsand
India Japan US UK China Germany0.0%
10.0%
20.0%
30.0%
40.0%
50.0%
60.0%
70.0%
5%
40%46%
50% 50%
65%
% of students in vocational education at Class 12 Level
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Companies Are Responding
• Maruti Suzuki (Manufacturing)
• Narayana Hrudayalaya (Healthcare)
• ICICI (Banking)
• The IT Companies: Wipro, Infosys, HCL, Cognizant (IT)
LOSE-LOSE PROPOSITION
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Government (MHRD) has Responded
NVEQF
• National framework and recognition of skills education
School Pilot
• Haryana pilot with 40 schools and 5000 students
College
Pilot
• Community College pilot with 200 Colleges and 100,000 students
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What’s Needed: Capacity Development
Skill Development Network
FACULTY and ADMIN STAFFDEVELOPMENT
INDUSTRY CONNECTS AND CURRICULUM
GOVERNANCE &OPERATIONS MODEL
TECHNOLOGYPLATFORM
Government
Policy, Framework, Funding Job Specs and Standards
Industry
COMMUNITYCOLLEGES
SECONDARYSCHOOLS
INDIVIDUAL LEARNERS
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Typical Issues to Address:
Governance:• What are the various governing structure in community colleges in Canada?• What Governance models work best for what different conditions?
Stakeholder Collaboration:• What are the different roles played by the industry partners in community college?• What are the institutional mechanisms in place for industry collaboration?
• Curriculum design, Education delivery, Providing / sharing resources, internship, assessments and placements)• What are the key ways in which CCs connects with the local community?• Suggestions on how best and when to engage with the different stakeholders?
College Systems, Programs and Capacity Building• University Prep versus Skilling for Work: How to manage this dual mission? Should there be a singular focus? • What are the different categories of programs run by the CC? • The overall credit structure of the Associate Degree program(s) and other short term programs run by CCs.• How to recruit /source right profile of Teachers and Administration staff? • How best to leverage technology in delivering courses, running systems and encouraging collaboration?
General Advice to Indian Leaders that will be engaged in the 200 College Pilot:• What could be suggestions for Indian CCs as a possible high level road map for the first two years?• How could Indian CCs go about training and development of Teachers and Administrative staff?• What are the possible areas for collaboration between CCs in your country / your CC and Indian CCs?
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Best Way to Support:
Engage with Central Government for:• Governance models• Credit and workforce development systems• Curriculum design and development• IT systems support for running the systems, programs and for collaboration
Engage with State Governments and Individual Colleges:• Leadership development and training• Faculty training• Industry partnerships• Online learning technologies
Engage with Foundations and other NGO’s• Assistance with navigating central and state governments• Joint programs on capacity and system development
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Wadhwani Foundation Vision and Mission
Accelerating economic development in emerging economies
Creating Jobs for Millions
INDIA
BANGLADESHUSA
We achieve high quality, large scale impact by creating opportunity networks and leveraging technology
as lynchpins of all our Initiatives
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WF Initiatives and Goals:
Accelerate employability through skill developmentWe revolutionize skill development through use of technology to create millions of highly-skilled knowledge workers, globally5 Year Target: Skill and place 5MM in sustainable high-quality jobs
Enable large scale job creation through entrepreneurshipWe inspire, educate, and support first generation entrepreneurs to create millions of jobs5 Year Target: Create half a million high-value jobs
Impact policies to accelerate India/US economic activityWe strengthen the India-US relationship through a shared vision and a policy framework for economic acceleration5 Year Target: Facilitate policy frameworks and actionable high impact policies that further US India economic development and cooperation.
Empower the educated disabledWe mainstream the educated disabled into corporate jobs5 Year Target: Train and place 100,000 into mainstream corporate jobsPromote world class research and innovationWe propel India towards leadership in innovation by enabling world-class research and industry creation5 Year Target: Facilitate and enable world class research at several prestigious Institutes in high-impact areas