Social Networks as Platforms for New Public-Private Partnerships in Technical and Vocational Education

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  • Parthasarathi Banerjee
چکیده

A knowledge society cannot be constituted with millions of people kept technically illiterate and vocationally disengaged. India with more than a billion people has an elaborate public system of imparting technical and vocational education, which, however, suffers from a mismatch with expectations of the market as also from the inability to address issues related to traditional artisan skills. Most public private partnerships model cater to sharing of property rights between large public and private agencies. Indian society, contrarily, has an extensive network of micro private agents who through multiple forms of linkages have for long ensured continuity and upgradation of skills and technical knowledge. This paper argues for redrafting of the institution of vocational skills and technical knowledge based on supports derived from such traditional networks of rural entrepreneurs.

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تاریخ انتشار 2006