Tuesday, 16 June 2015

Innovation Driven Economy: are we headed in that direction?!


Entrance tests do not test the necessary skills for creativity and innovation. To transform the generation to SMART, we must educate younger generation on innovation driven economy. Paul Bottino of Harvard says that today the real added value is what you can do with what you know. Further he says that the complexity of most economic, environmental or social problems now require a different kind of education. The kind of preparation students are getting is very specialized but when they try to apply their knowledge into problem space, they need to rethink and see much broadly. The higher education system particularly management education must work towards competencies for applying the knowledge, skills and attitude that are learnt. It should create more and more opportunities for students to demonstrate them in real life scenario.


Authored by:

Dr. S V Patil
Professor,
BVB-SMSR

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