There is no doubt that the
education and corporate sector are inter-dependent. Educational institutes need
corporate to provide employment opportunities for students. Corporate sector
needs educational institutes to provide quality workforce. Together, education and corporate sectors
contribute to enhancing nation’s socio-economic level and improving quality of
life. So, both education and corporate need each other and are equally
important .The reason for the ironical situations is absence of ‘Right Fit’. In
most of the cases, the ‘Right Fit’ between what an organization needs and what
a potential candidate has to offer. The Right Fit means suitability on multiple
dimensions such as qualifications, skills-set, personality traits, competency
profile, compensation & benefits, work culture and the job requirements.
In spite of demand for talent and
supply of qualified workforce, there is huge gap in employability, leading to
unemployment or under-employment. These issues pose great challenges to
nation’s economy and greater threats to nation’s safety and security. To
address the problem, the corporate and academia needs to engage proactively and
enhance partnerships for better results. The major areas of improvement are
campus infrastructure, industrial training programs and examination evaluation
format. With positive changes on these elements, we’re sure to take educational
programs to much higher levels. To complement the improvements in education
sector, the corporate sector needs to imbibe the culture of employing fresh
talent and consider training as an investment in future of the trade and
nation. Right balance among qualification, experience, competency and job
requirements. Combined, all these improvements would lead our nation to grow at
faster pace.
International Institute of Management and Technical Studies (IIMT
Studies Ahmedabad) is going to re model Distance education, keeping in view
it’s plus and minus points, future global implications and will try to become
exemplary in the distance education word. The network of Distance education
will be totally streamlined, foolproof, free from commercial angle and
unbiased.
