PPP critical for building a strong education infrastructure: Anil Swarup

NEW DELHI, MAY 14: Anil Swarup, Secretary, School Education & Literacy, Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) has said that the role of Public-Private Partnership (PPP) is vital for a robust pre-school education format.

Swarup speaking at the FICCI ARISE conference, ‘Re-imagining Pre-school Education’ said that

the government or private sector alone cannot solve the humongous task of redefining the pre-school education system in India.

He said, “volume or size can come from government, but quality will come from the private sector.”

Today, one of the most challenging tasks in pre-school education is the lack of trained teachers, he said and advised the private sector to submit ideas to the government with a focused approach. “Idea has to be politically acceptable, socially desirable, technologically feasible, financially viable and administratively doable”, he added.

Manit Jain, Co-Chairman, FICCI ARISE and Co-Founder, The Heritage School said, “By seeking autonomy we will also have to make ourselves accountable”.

Prof. Venita Kaul, Professor Emeritus, Ambedkar University Delhi highlighted that we need to focus on developing appropriate education framework along with a flexible curriculum. “To ensure a proper pre-school education, we need good quality teacher support mentoring system along with the quality of curriculum”, said Prof. Kaul.

Shobha Mishra Ghosh, Assistant Secretary-General, FICCI said that for the development and growth of a country, education and skills play a significant role and we can’t focus on education in silos. She said, “Continuum of education is very important and the very foundation is pre-school education.”