Hyderabad: Meet held on how to make India world leader in 2040

Hyderabad: The City's Top 115 School Owners, Principals and educators held a one-day conference to discuss on "how to develop skills in children to make India a true global leader by 2040" in Hyderabad.

Organised by SIP Academy, India's biggest skill development organisation for the children, the theme of the one full-day conference was "What it takes to make India a Global Leader in 2040 by developing skills of our children today?"

In this first of its and of a conference organized in Hyderabad, VIHAAN who-is-who educators of over 115 School Principals / Correspondents in twin cities representing over two lakh young minds participated. It is a series of conferences to be organised across the country. The first edition was held in the beginning of this year in Chennai. This was the second in series. It will be held in various other cities in the near future.

The conference began with the welcome address of Dinesh Victor, MD of SIP Academy. He has been a champion of skill development movement in children in India. The purpose of this unique educators forum, according to Mr. Dinesh Victor was to deliberate on "What it takes to make India a global leader in 2040 by developing skills of our children today?" and chalk out a road map for the future to help schools in structuring their teaching methodology to identify, develop and nurture essential life skills.

'One-sixth of world lives in India. If you change India, you change one-sixth of the world. India has 20crore school-going children studying in 15 lakh schools. Develop the right skills in children then their real potential can be realized said Dinesh Victor while welcoming the gathering.' he added

The day-long session had four sessions catering to corporate world; colleges and universities; entrepreneurs and schools. Panelists in each session deliberated on four topics:

1. Skills relevant for work which can be developed in schools as seen by top corporates.

2. Skills relevant for higher education that can be developed in schools as seen by College and University Deans.

3. Skills relevant for successful entrepreneurship that can be encouraged in schools.

4. What are top schools in India doing to develop these relevant skills in children?

Vihaan, in Sanskrit means 'awakening' and is a wakeup call to revisit our teaching practices and methodologies to come out with solutions to develop relevant skills for children. The basic idea behind this need of the hour initiative was to sensitise educational leaders and get some practical ideas which the school leaders can implement in their schools.