The Hindu : Karnataka / Bangalore News : Teachers need incentives: official

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Tuesday, Jan 30, 2007
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Teachers need incentives: official

Staff Reporter

A robot on display at an exhibition in Bangalore on Monday. — Photo: K. Murali Kumar

BANGALORE: Technical institutions are turning out robots who know only programming. Only those unable to get a job in software sector are coming into teaching. Most of those who get absorbed into the sector do not pursue higher education.

These were the observations made by Kaushik Mukherjee, Principal Secretary, Higher Education, while delivering the keynote address on "From blackboard to keyboard: The changing face of education" at the Global Education Training and Information Exhibition on Monday.

"We must change our mode of teaching. One must teach the person how to acquire knowledge rather than give him knowledge," he said. It was important to develop the faculty by providing them with incentives to be in the profession, said Mr. Mukherjee.

One way to sustain the interest of teachers was to keep up a constant interaction with the industry. "The people in industry can come to teach while the faculty could involve itself in designing," said Mr. Mukherjee and added that tying up with the manufacturing industries to understand their needs was needed. He cautioned against being complacent about the quality of students being churned out. An exhibition showcasing technology products relating to education was inaugurated. "India has tremendous potential for education related technology that can improve the quality of education," said Anslem Godinho, managing director at the International Conferences and Exhibitions.

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