Make MBA grads village school headmasters: Sibal
Thursday, 11 February 2010, 23:40 IST
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Make MBA grads village school headmasters: Sibal
New Delhi: With a belief that graduates from the premier B-schools can handle village schools better, Union HRD Minister Kapil Sibal has devised a new mantra of sending top B-school pass-outs from the institutes to head village schools. "A number of IIM and IIT students come from rural background and they want to give back something to their villages. We should explore this opportunity," Sibal said. While interacting with women entrepreneurs in Delhi, Sibal spoke on the need of leaders in education, including capable principals in large numbers, especially in the model schools to be set up across the country, reports Shruba Mukherjee of Deccan Herald. "I have interacted with students in the prestigious B-schools and many of them want to opt for teaching. Why can't we have graduates from the Indian Institutes of Management as principals in these schools?" he questioned. "On a normal course, it takes about nine years for a teacher to become principal in a school. But if an IIM or IIT graduate undertakes the Leadership Development program in a university, he can be recruited as a principal within two years," the Minister said. However, after serving a certain period a person would be free to go back to the industry if he is willing.

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