Private sector can do more for education: Makinson
Jan 21, 2006 - 8:13:00 PM
Pearson Education is the one of the world's largest education content providers in English. Officials said it would focus on more local education material and had ventured into higher education material.
[RxPG] Chennai, Jan 20 (IANS) John Makinson, chairman of the Penguin Group and a member of the board of Pearson Education, Friday said India's private sector should play a greater role in primary and middle education.
Speaking at an event to mark the first year of Pearson Education's content development centre here, Makinson said few areas had received "such sustained focus from successive governments" as education.
This had led to a knowledge explosion and the growth in higher education had scaled up dramatically, he noted.
Pearson Education is the one of the world's largest education content providers in English. Officials said it would focus on more local education material and had ventured into higher education material.
The content development centre here was set up in December 2005 and taps some 150 academics from the region to provide content to its educational material.
Indo-Asian News Service
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