Need to make educational institutes future ready, says President Murmu
| Date :04-Sep-2022 |
NEW DELHI,
PRESIDENT Draupadi Murmu on Saturday stressed on the need to make educational institutions future ready, asserting that if the country takes steps to protect itself from vagaries of the future, it can reap rich demographic dividends.
The president was addressing the closing ceremony of diamond jubilee celebrations of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi. “India has great talent pool which is yet to be fully tapped.
We need to make our institutes adaptable to the future. This will require a new teaching-learning matrix, pedagogy and content which are future-oriented. I am confident that with our famed IITs, we will be able to nurture the younger generation with necessary knowledge base and right skills to face the challenge,” she said.
Calling IITs the country’s pride, Murmu said, “Their story is the story of Independent India.
“IITs proved to the world the capability of India in the domains of education and technology. In more than one way, the story of the IITs is the story of Independent India. The IITs have contributed immensely to India’s improved standing on the global stage today. Faculty and alumni of IITs have shown the world our brainpower,” she said.