Education not a challenge but an opportunity: Smriti Irani (CII - Confederation of Indian Industry)

(Source: CII - Confederation of Indian Industry) According to Ms. Smriti Zubin Irani, Minister of Human Resource Development, Government of India, Education is not a challenge but an opportunity. The Minister was speaking at a session on "Which Comes First: Employment or Employability?" at the India Economic Summit organized by the World Economic Forum and the Confederation of Indian Industry in New Delhi today. The Minister stated there is a need to rejuvenate the teaching profession and bring back the respect that this profession once enjoyed. She stated that the Prime Minister's initiative to reach out to students on Teachers Day was a step in that...