Kapil Sibal briefs Lord Mandelson on India’s education sector
New Delhi:Union Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal on Tuesday called on UK Business Secretary Lord Mandelson
in the national capital and underlined India ’s intent to expand education sector without compromising the quality. Sibal said that the Indian entrepreneurs and
industry will need to get involved more in education in order to supplement the
Government’s efforts, which is required for adequate capacity building in education.
The Minister also emphasized that Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has said that
500 million Indians must be skilled by 2010. “Not only is capacity building required
for this, but we also need to work with industry for skills to be developed for
the market,” Sibal said. Sibal is scheduled to visit U.K. in January and there
he will be taking a first hand look at the education system, especially the school
education system in the context of accreditation, vocational training and skill
development.
