‘Education system needs industries’

The challenges before the education sector,as well as the mismatch between the demand of industry and the number of professionals being churned out by educational institutes were some of the issues discussed at an education summit that was organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) on Wednesday.

It was estimated that 4 lakh students went abroad,last year,for higher education. “The education system requires industries to provide a platform for students,” added Dr Raj Singh,Vice-Chancellor of GD Goenka University.

S S Prasaad,Principal Secretary Higher Education of Haryana said,“We will soon come up with an Edu City in Gurgaon. I urge firms to open training centres there”.