Technology can play a supplementary role in teaching while direct interaction between students and teachers will continue to remain relevant, but teachers should understand the potentiality of technology in their endeavour to mould the students, said former Governor of Andhra Pradesh and Chancellor of University of Hyderabad, C. Rangarajan.
Sharing his views at “Teach to Transform Summit”, organised by TalentSprint in association with The Hindu at the Indian School of Business (ISB) here, Dr. Rangarajan said how well the teachers adopt changes is also an important factor. In this context, he said teaching the teachers and familiarising them with technology and how well it is used to help students learn at their pace is must. If quality of education was to change in India, he felt assessment systems need to a change. School life is critical for students and skill development must be an integral part of the curriculum adding it was unfortunate that even after attending school and college, students are not skilled. The changes are must as India will have 2/3rds of its population in the working age by 2020.
Earlier, Santanu Paul, CEO and MD of TalentSprint said teachers must respect students if they are to be respected. The new age India needs teacher leaders but unfortunately there is no focus on it. TalentSprint effort is to create leaders among teachers by infusing the necessary skills. Sameer Sampat, CEO of Indian School Leadership Institute said there is a lack of leadership training in Indian schools. Learning atmosphere can be made more impactful with some little changes that were not in focus so far, he said.
