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Why it is important for India's education system to embrace disruption

In an ideal education system, everyone need not be a 'book smart' person but can be 'street smart'

Embrace disruption
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Bala V Balachandran
The world is becoming an increasingly difficult entity to predict. Business, economy, politics and society are part of the same ecosystem, certainly, but the rules of engagement have changed and what held good once upon a time is no longer good enough. The future of the VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous) world is completely different and its challenges, unprecedented. Disruptive technologies and the internet are driving these changes and it takes not only a well-informed manager to understand the implications, but a smart one to be able to realise the potential of such disruptions.
 
Educators therefore, have a