Embracing Industry 4.0 trends in Grade 6-12 education in India
Author Names
Ramya Bhaskar & Sridhar Pabbisetty
Abstract
The vision of this paper is to present opportunities and challenges facing Indian schools to
embrace Industry 4.0 . The work tries to focus on how well Indian schools and teachers are
prepared to impart 4IR related skills to its students. Through surveys conducted among students
and computer science school teachers across India, this paper argues, to succeed in 4IR, India
requires a transformation in the education system. This paper highlights some of the work done
by the government, academia and private players to skill young minds on 4IR technologies and
steps needed to make Indian workforce globally competitive.