Focus on skill improvement at Punjab education board function

North-India Management Association(NIMA) in association with the Punjab School Eduction Board(PSEB) celebrated teachers day at the PSEB auditorium. The theme of the function was ‘Life Management Skills and Employability for Punjab Youth’ and Punjab Education Minister,Sewa Singh Sekhwan was the chief guest.

The event was organised by NIMA to apprise teachers of the growing changes in teaching methods and how they needed to improve their skills with the changing times. Gulshan Sharma,president of NIMA,and a visiting faculty in various Indian and foreign universities addressed the audience,comprising mainly of teachers and people associated with the education field. He gave a detailed presentation on the problems faced by students and teachers that needed to be addressed.

Sharma said,“The real purpose of education is provide good employment so that students can contribute to society. Marks are not the only thing that one needs to care about”.

He stressed the need to improve our educational set up so that youth especially from Punjab who look towards foreign shores for employment can be provided jobs here. He urged the education minister to invite corporates to design the course curriculum so that in the future the same corporates can be approached to provide jobs.NIMA also offered to provide free of cost life management skills and counselling.