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Leverage retiring defence personnel to boost education sector
The armed forces could supply skilled manpower for India's education sector under the Viksit Bharat initiative, Hindustan Times reports. Thousands of retiring servicemen and women each year possess degrees and technical experience,…
The Story in Brief
The armed forces could supply skilled manpower for India's education sector under the Viksit Bharat initiative, Hindustan Times reports. Thousands of retiring servicemen and women each year possess degrees and technical experience, but the government's only current scheme is the National Policy on Education (NEP 2020) professor of practice initiative for distinguished veterans.
Personnel Below Officers Rank (PBORs), especially from the navy and air force, often hold graduate degrees and could teach in rural schools and vocational institutes. Officers retiring between ages 40-56, many with postgraduate qualifications and instructional experience, could join colleges. The education ministry must create customised pedagogy courses and better pay scales to attract them.
The Indian Opinion
The government's pitch to hire retired defence personnel as professors and teachers sounds promising, but it is not new. For years, veterans have found corporate jobs easier to land than teaching posts, largely due to poor pay scales in education and a lack of systemic reforms beyond the professor of practice scheme. A real test will be whether the education ministry actually bridges the pay gap and simplifies recruitment, or this remains another good idea on paper.
Source: hindustantimes.com
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