The Future of Education October 2009 Education Project
The Future of Education October 2009 Education Project - Bahrain
Education in India o o o 19 % of the total primary schools are single teacher schools in India catering to nearly 12% of the total enrolment in primary classes Average Pupil Teacher Ratio for All India is 1: 42 Teacher absence rate ranges from 15% in Maharashtra to 42% in Jharkhand Only 47 out of 100 children enrolled in class I reach class VIII ie dropout rate of 52. 79 % 42 million children in the age-group 6 -14 years, do not attend school • country do not have facilities of n 16. 64 per cent villages of the primary schooling n inadequate school infrastructure n non-availability of teachers in remote rural, hilly and tribal areas n high teacher absenteeism n large scale teacher vacancies n inadequate allocation of resources on education
Education in India
Bridgeway Group Schools o o o 1’st school started in 1994 in India Today 6 schools (2 in India and 4 in Saudi Arabia) with over 7000 students 1 school in India with over 1000 students exclusively for students without means for quality education Plan to have 25000 students over next 5 years For two paying students, one student to be educated free
Rip Van Winkle
Current Environment o o Globalization is here to stay Neo medievalism and Post Colonial Entropy Political uncertainty Redrawing & Overhaul of existing Paradigms & beliefs n n n o o Factory model of schooling Top Down Pedagogy Tyranny of Discipline Information Anxiety Linear, book based Green not just desirable but non negotiable Global Community/Society imperative Virtualisation, Dispersion, Disruption – Technological, Societal
The leader of the past was someone who knew how to tell. The leader of the future will be someone who knows how to ask. Peter Drucker
Tommorrow’s Citizen… o o o Contributor to society not just family Able to manage in complex environments with global scope and scale while still appreciative of local culture Geopolitical savvy Compete intensely but fairly Embrace technological change, be the change agent Evangelist, standard setter, leader by example of highest standards of global citizenship
Future Challenges o o o Obama Mark Hurd Tiger Woods Gandhi Mohammed Yunus
Future of Education q o o o o Non Linear mode of instant messaging, hypersurfing through google hits etc Memorizer of facts and principles to that of a researcher, problem-solver, and strategist � “keep your eyes on your own paper� ” value of independent scholarship will be augmented with learning communities and cooperative workgroups Big-concept thinking, systemic analysis, and model building will replace less useful memorization of disconnected facts e-learning will morph from today’s textbook-imitative exercises to sophisticated algorithm based models of concept presentation, simulation, correction, and review Global database to Global � learningbase, �indexed with generations of recursive commentary, a kind of � Global Talmud� Principles of Web 1. 0 Reading, Receiving, Researching Principles of Web 2. 0 Contributing, Collaborating, Creating
Future of Education o Bright but Complex, Challenging, Failure Prone o Cognitive Psychology, Ethics, Geopolitics, Behavioral Economics, Environmental Sciences o Disruption, Creative Destruction, Dispersion
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