The New Indian Express ·
Need to remove gap between degrees & jobs, says Dharmendra Pradhan
SAMBALPUR: Former Union minister and Sambalpur MP Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday laid the foundation stone for the Residential Internship and Skill Hub for Industry (RISHI) building at Odisha State Open University (OSOU) here on the occasion of Teachers’ Day.
Pradhan also launched two new contemporary courses - Self-Healthcare & Wellness and AI Tools for Collaborative Learning - aimed at enhancing teachers’ skills.
He said the biggest challenge before the education system was to eliminate the gap between academic degrees and employability. He said the mindset that ‘a degree is everything’, which has continued since the British era, needed to change with greater emphasis on practical education and skills.
