Vikas Mohan

Mentor

Mr Vikas Mohan comes with 28 years of rich research experience in holistic learning and development among school children globally. He brings with him deep understanding of Indian and International education and learning business. He is a specialist in introducing innovative, enhanced, inclusive curriculum and learning for k-12 segment and has been associated with prestigious International educational workshops and education boards in India, UK and US.

Mr Mohan has inspired and introduced a large number of education solutions in India as well as abroad. He has been associated with multiple aspects in the domain of child development and learning.

Mr. Vikas Mohan’s thoughts on challenges and solutions in our education system.

India is a vast country with diverse geography & cultural identities. Half of our population of 1.25 billion people is under 25 years of age. This acts as both a boon and bane for us. With such huge young population, we should have done wonders but providing of proper education, skills development and employability of this manpower has been an uphill task for us and every government.

The root cause lies in our education system which we inherited from colonial era.

1. Not enough schools/institutions to cover the immense population, high student to teacher ratios, lack of trained faculty.
2. Lack of quality primary education to all even after many decades since independence.
3. Insignificant research to improvise the academic material at primary & middle level education leading to masses following a similar education pattern which further leads to clogging of system at secondary level & university education. The secondary education focuses on scoring of marks scoring & not skill building which can help an individual define a career path. The standardised testing doesn’t work in individual assessment for talent identification & guidance for career planning.
4. Our university education is also not Industry oriented or in sync with the employment opportunities available in the manufacturing, services or other sectors.
5. Flexibility in choice of subjects/education streams which are skill building or job oriented is not available. The entrepreneurship is hardly encouraged in youth with more emphasis on getting good percentages and obtaining a secure job.

Where does the solution lies? Probably in revamping the basic education, by focussing on innovation & vocation, skill sets development, development of personalities through use of resources, technology and academic material that opens the doors of employment to our vast young population in this highly globalised and liberal business environment.

The change is possible with adopting of better pedagogical approach in primary & middle education, by providing better facilities and infrastructure in schools across country. We need highly motivated and well trained teachers with expertise in their subject domain, practical and hands on ideas for learning or experiential learning, task based or project based assessment instead of standardised annual testing which promotes rote learning. Involving experienced academician in resources planning & policy making can be another way of bringing in rapid reforms to accelerate learning among youth and make them self-reliant.