Hicksville, Oct. 13 -- A system at crossroads

"We can transform our students from being job seekers to job creators by building the proper ecosystem for imparting skill-based training in every higher educational institution." - M Venkaiah Naidu, Vice President of India (2019)

For decades, India's education system has been a linear path set in stone, of scoring your best in school, getting a degree from a renowned and reputed college, and that will ultimately help you land your dream job. However, the year 2025 poses new challenges as automation and AI reshape economies, making this model increasingly outdated; the traditional obsession with producing job seekers is no longer enough.

The National Education Policy (NEP 2020) pledged to r...