Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Kerala's work and education culture must change: Tharoor

Union Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor has called for nurturing a customer service-oriented and entrepreneurship-based culture in Kerala to address the lack of employability among the State's youth.

Inaugurating the Thaamath IGNOU Community College, affiliated to the Indira Gandhi National Open University and operated by the Thaamath and Universal Empire groups at Ambalapuzha here on Saturday, Mr. Tharoor said the State's youth had education and knowledge but lacked employability, which was why unemployment continued to haunt the State despite its hundred per cent literacy record.

Instead of acquiring knowledge and education that was best suited for coffee house discussions, the youth should aim at acquiring vocational strengths that would help them lead a productive life in today's globalised economy. For that to happen, a change in the work and education culture of the State was necessary, he said. Community colleges such as the Thaamath IGNOU institution were a concept that had to be applauded.

IGNOU vice-chancellor V.N. Rajasekharan Pillai delivered the keynote address. Coir and Cooperation Minister G. Sudhakaran presided over the function. K.C. Venugopal, MP, Universal Empire Group chairman K. Balachandran Nair, IGNOU pro-vice- chancellor K.R. Srivatsan and others spoke

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