India-Canada College Forum: ACCC Congress February 6, 2012 Dr. Ajay Kela, President and CEO

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India-Canada College Forum: ACCC Congress February 6, 2012

Dr. Ajay Kela, President and CEO


Agenda

The India Opportunity

Types of Support Needed

How Best to Provide the Support


The Supply Side

Who don't do De-

grees 4.5MM, 64%

Join Degree 2.5MM, 36%

7 million graduate 12th grade each year

4.5 million are left behind


The Demand Side

Booming EconomyHigh demand for entry and mid skills jobs

Healthcare workersBanking and Retail sales agents,

Paralegals and ParamedicsOther white collar employees

Pic: IBAB BangalorePic: Bpovoice.com


The Gap

High school graduates lack skillsand

India Japan US UK China Germany0.0%

10.0%

20.0%

30.0%

40.0%

50.0%

60.0%

70.0%

5%

40%46%

50% 50%

65%

% of students in vocational education at Class 12 Level


Companies Are Responding

• Maruti Suzuki (Manufacturing)

• Narayana Hrudayalaya (Healthcare)

• ICICI (Banking)

• The IT Companies: Wipro, Infosys, HCL, Cognizant (IT)

LOSE-LOSE PROPOSITION


Government (MHRD) has Responded

NVEQF

• National framework and recognition of skills education

School Pilot

• Haryana pilot with 40 schools and 5000 students

College

Pilot

• Community College pilot with 200 Colleges and 100,000 students


What’s Needed: Capacity Development

Skill Development Network

FACULTY and ADMIN STAFFDEVELOPMENT

INDUSTRY CONNECTS AND CURRICULUM

GOVERNANCE &OPERATIONS MODEL

TECHNOLOGYPLATFORM

Government

Policy, Framework, Funding Job Specs and Standards

Industry

COMMUNITYCOLLEGES

SECONDARYSCHOOLS

INDIVIDUAL LEARNERS


Typical Issues to Address:

Governance:• What are the various governing structure in community colleges in Canada?• What Governance models work best for what different conditions?

Stakeholder Collaboration:• What are the different roles played by the industry partners in community college?• What are the institutional mechanisms in place for industry collaboration?

• Curriculum design, Education delivery, Providing / sharing resources, internship, assessments and placements)• What are the key ways in which CCs connects with the local community?• Suggestions on how best and when to engage with the different stakeholders?

College Systems, Programs and Capacity Building• University Prep versus Skilling for Work: How to manage this dual mission? Should there be a singular focus? • What are the different categories of programs run by the CC? • The overall credit structure of the Associate Degree program(s) and other short term programs run by CCs.• How to recruit /source right profile of Teachers and Administration staff? • How best to leverage technology in delivering courses, running systems and encouraging collaboration?

General Advice to Indian Leaders that will be engaged in the 200 College Pilot:• What could be suggestions for Indian CCs as a possible high level road map for the first two years?• How could Indian CCs go about training and development of Teachers and Administrative staff?• What are the possible areas for collaboration between CCs in your country / your CC and Indian CCs?


Best Way to Support:

Engage with Central Government for:• Governance models• Credit and workforce development systems• Curriculum design and development• IT systems support for running the systems, programs and for collaboration

Engage with State Governments and Individual Colleges:• Leadership development and training• Faculty training• Industry partnerships• Online learning technologies

Engage with Foundations and other NGO’s• Assistance with navigating central and state governments• Joint programs on capacity and system development


Wadhwani Foundation Vision and Mission

Accelerating economic development in emerging economies

Creating Jobs for Millions

INDIA

BANGLADESHUSA

We achieve high quality, large scale impact by creating opportunity networks and leveraging technology

as lynchpins of all our Initiatives


WF Initiatives and Goals:

Accelerate employability through skill developmentWe revolutionize skill development through use of technology to create millions of highly-skilled knowledge workers, globally5 Year Target: Skill and place 5MM in sustainable high-quality jobs

Enable large scale job creation through entrepreneurshipWe inspire, educate, and support first generation entrepreneurs to create millions of jobs5 Year Target: Create half a million high-value jobs

Impact policies to accelerate India/US economic activityWe strengthen the India-US relationship through a shared vision and a policy framework for economic acceleration5 Year Target: Facilitate policy frameworks and actionable high impact policies that further US India economic development and cooperation.

Empower the educated disabledWe mainstream the educated disabled into corporate jobs5 Year Target: Train and place 100,000 into mainstream corporate jobsPromote world class research and innovationWe propel India towards leadership in innovation by enabling world-class research and industry creation5 Year Target: Facilitate and enable world class research at several prestigious Institutes in high-impact areas


Thank You

India-Canada College Forum: ACCC Congress February 6, 2012 Dr. Ajay Kela, President and CEO

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