But automation, longer lives and faster technological change call for another revolution in education. This shift needs bold changes to the current regulatory regimes in education that have delivered quantity but are inadequate, inappropriate and wrong for today’s battles of quality and employability. The first intervention of shifting from school enrolment to learning outcomes is obvious; the right to education (RTE) Act confuses school buildings with building schools. The third intervention is lifting the unjust, dysfunctional and arrogant ban on online education by Indian universities. Fixing K-12 education, nuking regulatory cholesterol and massively expanding apprentices will create an education revolution to complement the job formalization revolution that has begun.

Source: Mint February 12, 2017 19:14 UTC