Today, organizations hire freshers and train them on the business specific technical skills. At the time of hiring, they test them for some basic skills, such as problem solving, attitude and basic English. Several times organizations lower the entry levels for English because they need address the resource gap.
Organizations attempt to teach English in 10 or 12 days time. The output of a short training is average or even below average skills. With this gap an individual is sure to hit a roadblock at some phase in their career.
Consider to the latest trend to bridge the gap between the industry need for technical skills and the skills imparted by formal education system. The focus seems to be on imparting technical skills.
This will certainly increase employability and also help organizations to reduce the time and money spent on training.
The question is why focus only on technical skills? The one skill that is critical for an individual to grow and become successful in their career is the ability to speak good English. This is one skill that every industry requires be it ITES, Retail, or Heath and hospitality. If a large population of students can become confident in spoken English, the resource pool will naturally increase.
Vocational courses, schools, universities must focus on building skills in spoken English rather than so much on written English. In other words, the focus must be on practicing how to speak in different situations, what words to use to express different degrees of emotion, intent, and thought.
I hope the institutes designing more industry specific courses focus on spoken English as a mandatory skill and include the same in their curriculum.
Organizations attempt to teach English in 10 or 12 days time. The output of a short training is average or even below average skills. With this gap an individual is sure to hit a roadblock at some phase in their career.
Consider to the latest trend to bridge the gap between the industry need for technical skills and the skills imparted by formal education system. The focus seems to be on imparting technical skills.
This will certainly increase employability and also help organizations to reduce the time and money spent on training.
The question is why focus only on technical skills? The one skill that is critical for an individual to grow and become successful in their career is the ability to speak good English. This is one skill that every industry requires be it ITES, Retail, or Heath and hospitality. If a large population of students can become confident in spoken English, the resource pool will naturally increase.
Vocational courses, schools, universities must focus on building skills in spoken English rather than so much on written English. In other words, the focus must be on practicing how to speak in different situations, what words to use to express different degrees of emotion, intent, and thought.
I hope the institutes designing more industry specific courses focus on spoken English as a mandatory skill and include the same in their curriculum.
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