Catch them young

September 14, 2014 03:35 am | Updated September 23, 2017 12:52 pm IST

"There should be a bridge for vocational skills for children to be taught in school and for them to make a transition to higher education. Our endeavour is that when the institutes of higher education sit together, we also engage schools to see what can be reflected in our school curriculum which can prepare children for those newer avenues of education we seek to deliver"

 

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