IS GEN NEXT READY FOR TECHNICAL EDUCATION?
Recently, few days ago I read an article about availability of Technical Education for secondary school students. It stated that it was urgently required to speed up the technical education systems in schools in order to achieve greater proficiency among students. Technical knowledge is very important at school level. It has become the need of the hour. Nowadays, we all need to learn to use basic computers, mobiles, laptops; otherwise we will be considered ‘illiterate’. Also, every 5-year child now knows to use smartphones. They are capable to doing tasks like adding a calendar event, customising the home screen, creating notes and so on. Hence, a major section of our society is of the view that we must include subjects of computer –science-level in secondary school. It might help the students to learn programming at an early age and foster their skills. Imagine children in your society learning COBOL, BASIC, FORTRAN, PYTHON, etc. It’s hard to believe that it can ever happ...