In order to understand more about the teaching-learning environment, pedagogy, and other topics, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan visited the Spectra Secondary School while on a three-day visit to Singapore. He spoke with students and teachers.”Happy to know that the school prioritises skills-based education and also focuses on encouraging learning at the pace suitable for every learner to prepare them for future workplaces,” Pradhan tweeted. On Monday, Pradhan met Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Lawrence Wong on strengthening the existing cooperation between India and Singapore with a focus on deepening engagements in skill development.
“Pleasure meeting DPM and Minister for Finance, Singapore, @LawrenceWongST. Fruitful discussions on strengthening the existing cooperation between India and Singapore and deepening engagements in skill development as well as technical and vocational education,” Union Minister tweeted.
He further added, “The emerging future is a world of unlimited opportunities. Both DPM @LawrenceWongST and I agreed to work together for mutual benefit, create opportunities for lifelong learning, build a future-ready workforce and also to make knowledge and skill development a key pillar of our strategic partnership.”
“During the meeting it was agreed to work together, aiming to create opportunities for lifelong learning, building a future-ready workforce, and making knowledge & skill development a key pillar of strategic partnership” Ministry said.The National Education Policy (NEP), according to Pradhan, was introduced by the Indian government in 2020 under the direction of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In particular, NEP 2020 is concentrating on giving middle school students early exposure to vocational education, assuring the marketability of training, and increasing the capability of our institutions to offer technical and vocational education.
He added that the government is investing in creating short- and long-term training programmes to offer chances for skilling, re-skilling, and upskilling, as well as working to integrate the higher education qualification framework with the skills qualifications framework.The minister emphasised the importance of cooperating, adapting Singapore’s best practises to India’s needs, and learning from their best practises.
The Minister of Trade and Industry for Singapore, Gan Kim Yong, and Dharmendra Pradhan had a thoughtful conversation. In order to build a seamless architecture for skilling and lifetime learning, the Ministers had fruitful discussions about how to deepen the connections between our skill development and vocational training. They also discussed ways in which India can use the talents and experience of Singapore to address shared challenges and improve the Indian skills ecosystem, building on the conclusions of the G20 Future of Work meeting in Bhubaneswar.