siliconindia | | December 20199ized training or counseling of teachers so that they can help the children grow their skills and choose subjects as per their interests and talents.Each and every child is different from each other; but then, why have they been taught the same subject in the same method and same manner. A child who wants to learn art at degree level is not getting the skills that he needs to get admission in an art college. Why does the child have to live an unhappy life for their parents or peer pressure? Our education teams should guide and mentor the youth in such a way that they have an inbuilt quality of making meaningful contributions to the society and to themselves as well.Our country has a rich culture of approx 5000 years old, and the Indian government which is making remark-able changes in the field of education. But still, the un-employment rates are ever increasing, with a professional skillset deficit of up to 90 percent. Our county has 1.5 million schools with more than 260 million students en-rolled. With around 751 universities and 35,539 colleges, the education market in India is now esteemed at $100 bil-lion, and is expected to reach $180 billion by 2020. Also, the FDI ­ which was $1.67 billion from April-2000 to De-cember-2017, as indicated by the information discharged by Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) ­ has been flowing into our education sector.Why does the government not bother about the true potential of the youth's education system, and why does it not bother us? There is a strong need to dig answers from the grass-root level as the youth of today are our earnings available to us, and they are our national asset since they form a significant part of our human resource.It's time for us to remember the root level of educa-tion and incorporate them to our core values as to how we need to educate our next generation and enrich & empower the youth with knowledge and culture. The value-based education system is a step towards creating better human beings who are well equipped to deal with challenges daily. "A person acting from a motivation of contribution and service rises to such a level of moral au-thority that worldly success is a natural result" ­ Mari-anne Williamson. After all, the goal of higher education is to make the transition from school education to degree level seamlessly. If we want to grow as a country in economic, social, educational areas, then it's time we change our mindsets and tweak our education system as per the need of the hour. Growth will come from nourishing the budding minds of the youth and creating avenues for them to ex-plore and reach their highest potential. We must let go of old educational policies & methods used for decades. It is time for urgent changes in our system from the grass-root level, so that our finest talent doesn't go looking for better opportunities to foreign countries. The value-based education system is a step towards creating better human beings who are well equipped to deal with challengesIndu Jain, Founder & CEO
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