Moving beyond the for mal course curriculum enables students to acquire industry-ready skills. Apart from various EdTechs of fering unique certification op portunities, HEIS are encoura ging students to take relevant courses to become job-ready.
Paving new paths
Uma Shankar Pandey, officer on special duty, Campus of Open Learning (COL), University of Delhi (DU), says, "Today, taking up certificate courses is directly linked with getting a job. Global trends emphasise on the impor tance of learning and value ad dition through add-on courses, a phenomenon yet to reach the Indian education system."
Internet of Things (IOT), Clo ud Computing, and Data Scien ce are popular value-addition certificate courses, he adds. "Demand for multiskilling is enabling students specialising in fields like Medicine or Charte- red Accountancy opting for cer- tificate courses in Management or Data Science," tells Pandey.
Tapan Kumar Nayak, director Jaipuria School of Business,Ghaziabad, says that around seven years ago, demand for certificate courses started rising.
"The entry of EdTechs with new and unique certificate courses enabled this boost," he says. Rahul Kashyap, co-founder, Skillslash, says that a decade ago, skills acquired during higher education were enough for any student to retire with.
Growth for digital age
With minimal awareness regarding electric vehicles (EVs), Ashwini Tiwary, co-founder, Autobot, started on the mission in 2017. "While few HEIs started offering formal degrees in the fi- disseminate the required speci the course is still limited. In alised information more quickly 2019, we switched to spreading and easily, and to benefit maxi knowledge through three levels mum learners," adds Tiwary. of certification courses in the ni- Since inception, registration
has grown three-fold for level 1 courses, he tells. Rahul Kashy ap, co-founder, Skillslash, provi des project-based certification. "Certificate courses are gene rally in collaboration with an HEI or industry magnate. We have chosen the project-based certification route. As of today, students will be given knowled ge in their chosen area of Data Science or Full Stack developer followed by projects with a com pany. Based on feedback regar ding success, the student will get a certificate," he adds.
HEIS join the trend
Most institutes revamp the co urses at regular intervals, mat ching pace with the changing market dynamics. "Every year, the academic council delibera tes on emerging market trends, based on which certain certificate courses are offered as part of their PGDM degree, says Nayak.
Published on :-Times of India
Date :- 28 02 2022
