Technical Education as a Tool for Ensuring Sustainable Development: A Case of India

Autor/inn/en	Sharma, Gagan Deep; Uppal, Raminder Singh; Mahendru, Mandeep
Titel	Technical Education as a Tool for Ensuring Sustainable Development: A Case of India
Quelle	(2016), (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Sustainable Development; Unemployment; Poverty; Economic Factors; Technical Education; Global Approach; Competence; Correlation; Social Problems; Higher Education; Employment Qualifications; Engineering Education; College Graduates; Agriculture; India + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Nachhaltige Entwicklung; Arbeitslosigkeit; Armut; Ökonomischer Faktor; Technikunterricht; Globales Denken; Kompetenz; Korrelation; Social problem; Soziales Problem; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Employment qualification; Vocational qualification; Vocational qualifications; Berufliche Qualifikation; Ingenieurausbildung; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Landwirtschaft; Indien
Abstract	This paper notes that education needs to essentially lead to sustainable development serving two-fold purpose--eradicating the problems of unemployment and poverty; and ensuring equitable distribution of wealth while ensuring the right understanding leading to a peaceful, prosperous and developed world. In its current state, technical education doesn't seem to serve the above two objectives. The paper presents a holistic view of technical education in India. In order to ensure sustainable development for India in the contemporary global scenario, the paper finds technical education to be one of the core competencies that need to be developed. The paper observes that there seems to be no linkage between the "education" being provided in the country and these problems getting solved. In order to provide a real educational solution for all-encompassing development of India, the paper suggests that "what to do" is the real question for technical education than just "how to do". The paper suggests a model for the State (province) of Punjab in India to elaborate on the model of technical education for sustainable development. [For full proceedings, see ED571459.] (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	International Association for the Development of the Information Society. e-mail: secretariat@iadis.org; Web site: http://www.iadisportal.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01