India does not need more gra­dua­tes, but more peo­p­le who can deli­ver.

Bhar­ti­ya Skill Deve­lo­p­ment Uni­ver­si­ty was foun­ded pre­cis­e­ly out of this con­vic­tion. In the latest video, Prof. San­jay Goel, Pre­si­dent of BSDU, explains why the uni­ver­si­ty is pur­suing a dif­fe­rent path than many tra­di­tio­nal uni­ver­si­ties.

Education with a clear purpose

The BSDU was foun­ded to sys­te­ma­ti­cal­ly deve­lop pro­fes­sio­nal skills.

The com­bi­na­ti­on of edu­ca­ti­on, prac­ti­ce and the world of work the­r­e­fo­re forms the basis of the BSDU trai­ning model. It crea­tes the pre­re­qui­si­tes for pro­fes­sio­nal skills and sus­tainable inte­gra­ti­on into modern working envi­ron­ments.

Learning and practice belong together

Know­ledge deve­lo­ps its value through appli­ca­ti­on.

At BSDU, stu­dents learn in labo­ra­to­ries, work­shops and prac­ti­cal lear­ning envi­ron­ments. Lear­ning and appli­ca­ti­on deve­lop tog­e­ther right from the start. In this way, pro­fes­sio­nal com­pe­tence is deve­lo­ped through expe­ri­ence, prac­ti­ce and imple­men­ta­ti­on.

Inspired by the Swiss dual education system

The BSDU trai­ning model is inspi­red by pro­ven prin­ci­ples of the Swiss dual edu­ca­ti­on sys­tem and is con­ti­nuous­ly adapt­ed to the requi­re­ments of India.

The focus is on the sys­te­ma­tic con­nec­tion bet­ween edu­ca­ti­on and the world of work. Theo­ry, prac­ti­ce and pro­fes­sio­nal appli­ca­ti­on are not con­side­red sepa­ra­te­ly, but are con­scious­ly lin­ked. This con­nec­tion has shaped the uni­ver­si­ty­’s edu­ca­tio­nal archi­tec­tu­re to this day.

Conclusion

The BSDU sees pro­fes­sio­nal skills deve­lo­p­ment as a pro­cess that can be shaped. For this reason, edu­ca­ti­on, prac­ti­ce and the world of work are not seen as sepa­ra­te are­as, but as inter­re­la­ted ele­ments of a com­mon edu­ca­tio­nal archi­tec­tu­re.

This basic idea cha­rac­te­ri­zes the deve­lo­p­ment of the uni­ver­si­ty and its con­tri­bu­ti­on to the deve­lo­p­ment of an effi­ci­ent spe­cia­list base in India.


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JCF Pro­gram Team
Rajen­dra and Ursu­la Joshi Foun­da­ti­on / Dua­lEdu Bridge India

Rolf Sie­bold

For more insights into the deve­lo­p­ment of skill uni­ver­si­ties and prac­ti­ce-ori­en­ted hig­her edu­ca­ti­on, visit Dua­lEdu Bridge India’s Lin­ke­dIn page.