Evolution of Technology Education after Independence
After attaining the most awaited independence, our country got the fullest opportunity to mould education to cater to the dynamic needs of the rapidly changing times. This freedom of shaping education came with loads of responsibilities and challenges to enable future generations to rebuild their dream India. Pre-independence education was more theoretical in nature and therefore the need to give it a practical framework was imperative to scale new heights.Achieving independence was only the beginning of a more demanding journey since the nation now needed skilled engineers, technicians, doctors, academicians and scientists among others to cover the damage of colonial exploitation of more than 200 years and also to build the pillars of a progressive nation.
Focus in fostering education post-independence
To begin with, national government took proactive steps to expand facilities to support the growth of mass primary and elementary education. Concrete steps were taken to reform the secondary and university educational systems and also initiatives were taken to develop vocational and technical education at various levels. Simultaneously actionable measures were being taken to encourage women education and also to reorganize the structure of educational administration.
Importance of technology in shaping a dream country
Gradually it became evident that technology will play an integral role in the development of human capital. The leaders of the nation soon realized that for faster advancement, the country has to turn to scientists, inventors, innovative technologists to facilitate seamless integration of all growth factors and perspectives.
As a result, the government took initiatives to set up numerous technological institutions, polytechnic colleges, engineering colleges and other industry-oriented training institutions and courses to foster futuristic technological education in India. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) and National Institute of Technology (NIT) are most consequential outcomes of this technological education thrust given by the government during that time.
Regional institutions join the league to impart technical education
Very soon hundreds of engineering colleges emerged offering specialized technical courses developing mechanical, electrical, civil, electronics and computer science engineers among many others to undertake the humongous task of developing industry-oriented engineers.
In fact, Dream Institute of Technology was established in the year 2006 inspired by the government decision to foster privateinitiative in the field of higher technical education. This futuristic engineering college was instituted with the vision to impart industry-oriented technical education for equipping employable and industry-ready youth in the country with top-notch technical education at undergraduate and postgraduate level.
Since inception, Dream Institute of Technology realized the significance of driving innovation-oriented engineering education to develop highly competent engineers with experiential learning facilities, industry exposure and knowledge exchange opportunities.
Keeping pace with the technological evolution
Despite all the endeavours to raise the engineering education benchmark in India in terms of access, equity and quality of education, the challenges of reaching the milestone continues to haunt the education policy makers till date. Huge population, inadequate infrastructural facilities and quality teaching resources and many other aspects continue to thwart the pace of this evolution. The current educational setup demandsa 360 degree review and change.
It is imperative to take concrete steps for reformulating our methodologies of imparting technical education or else we will continue to underutilize our youthand this could adversely impact our nation’s future growth and prosperity.