President finds huge gap between industry and education

Updated on: Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Suhas Pednekar, Principal of Ramnarain Ruia College in Matunga announced at its platinum jubilee celebrations on Tuesday, which were attended by President Pratibha Patil and chief minister Prithviraj Chavan that the College is aiming to become a university after achieving autonomy.

Chavan mentioned that there were three bills pending in the state assembly that will help impart quality education, and said institutes should ensure access to all. Assembly speaker Dilip Walse-Patil, an alumnus of the college, was present at the event.

The President said there was a huge gap between industry and education, thereby giving rise to "unemployability".

The President also inaugurated a prototype of the Contributor Development Lab ( CDL) at Welingkar's Institute of Management Development and Research.

Earlier in the evening, Patil attended a function at Raja Shivaji Vidyalaya in Dadar to mark its centenary year. Also present were Devisingh Shekhawat, governor K Sankaranarayanan, Chavan and Murlidhar Bhandare, the governor of Odisha. "Institutes like these should teach children to lead the nation towards development as progress comes only with good and quality education," the President said.

Bhandare, an ex-student of the school, said, "Some memories I cherish most come from this school as the institute not only focuses on quality education but also on education with values."

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