With the aim to provide affordable and personalized learning, SRM University, AP, partners with Minerva to boost employability. The active learning aided by technology, engages students personally, nurturing leadership through discovery and interaction. The aim is to equip students with positive, human-edge, being agile and adaptive to a fast changing world.
“ Built upon seven years of development and decades of research into the science of learning, the novel education system includes unique pedagogy, intentionally scaffolded curriculum design, and proprietary Forum technology – designed to offer fully active learning classes in real time”, said a press release report.
As per the World Economic Forum the future of jobs report, higher cognitive ability such as creativity, logical reasoning, and problem solving, will be required in jobs in 2020. As the world is developing faster by the day, people need to prepare for a more advanced era of jobs. India has enormous responsibility of equipping the youth with the skills that matter and boost employment. Yet, as per a UNDP study about 50% of applicants appearing for interviews either do not meet the skills requirement or only a few may possess required skills to meet basic requirement of employers. Significantly, a NASSCOM report points that about 40 percent of India’s workforce needs re-skilling over next 5 years.
Jamshed Bharucha, Vice Chancellor, SRM University, AP said, “This is a great new leadership development option for the world’s smartest young people, rooted in the reinvention of the ends and means of higher education. SRM University, AP, Amaravati is committed to innovations in teaching futuristic skills to help students succeed in the age of Business 4.0 and drive human progress.”
He also added, “ Only skill that will be relevant in future will be the skill of learning new skills – being creative, critical and sensitive – how students might use their imagination to transform the world.”