Universal Journal of Management 7(4): 134-139, 2019 http://www.hrpub.org DOI: 10.13189/ujm.2019.070402 Role of Higher Education in Bridging the Skill Gap Pallavi Tomar Mishra, Abhishek Mishra, Sudhinder Singh Chowhan * Nims Institute of Management, Nims University Rajasthan, India Received July 25, 2019; Revised September 11, 2019; Accepted September 26, 2019 Copyright©2019 by authors, all rights reserved. Authors agree that this article remains permanently open access under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 International License Abstract According to the survey it was found that the current education system focuses more on rote learning of subjects which is leading to the poor quality of education system, but to fill the handed to professional work environment and application oriented. To build this requirement gap, freshers are to be passed through a foundation on training programmer by employees for few months before they come on the job. For long term sustainable outcome, current Indian education system is to be more application oriented. Around the world, employers, educators, policymakers, training organizations and others have recognized the critical importance of tackling the skills gap. The main key characteristics for the teaching and learning across the various fields of i.e. general, academic, vocational and technical, should incorporate various strategies, which wholly depends on learning environment, teaching methods of learners and various supporting factors. In order to increase the economy of the country and to solve the skills gap, it is very much important that higher education (Professional and Technical) should be allowed to increase access and completion, and evolve with career opportunities. These strategies are determined partly on subject matter to be taught and partly by the nature of learners developing reciprocity and cooperation. Through the research paper, researcher want to attempt to find solution in analyzing the role of higher education in bridging the skill gap and other related factors on professional institutes of Jaipur by drawing certain conclusion confronting a problem. Keywords Higher Education, Bridging the Skill Gap, Economy, Professional and Technical Education 1. Introduction Aspirants of higher education are always concern about the relevancy of their education for the desired skill development and employability, and possessing these skills and confidence for employability boost the motivation level among them. Higher education level increases the chance of unemployment person to get employment and will emerge with a comparable wage and reduce the time required to search new employment. Unemployment can have a devastating impact both on a household and the general economy. This study investigates the causal effects of education on individuals’ transitions between employment and unemployment, with particular focus on the extent to which education improves re-employment outcomes among unemployed workers. Present education system is more emphasized and targeted focuses on rote learning of course subjects as opposed to a professional work environment that requires freshers to be hands on and application oriented. That required gap is usually built by the employers by go through the freshers for training before they are on job. However, a long-term sustainable solution to this would be a revamp of the current Indian education system to be more application oriented. There is a need to align the syllabus as per industry needs. 1.1. Bridging the Skills Gap: Higher Education's Opportunity Around the world, employers, educators, policymakers, training organizations and others have recognized the critical importance of tackling the skills gap. To help the country solve for the skills gap and allow for higher education institutions to thrive in the economy of the future, consider following: Increasing access and completion and Evolving with career opportunities 1.2. Developing a Model for Technical Teaching and Learning In order to understand the technical teaching and learning, a model is being developed. According to the model, learner is center. Being learners be the primary recipients and beneficiaries of teaching and learning. Drawing on the literature reviewed the model consist of rings. First learners are being primary as they are the one who are exposed to learning in their primary and secondary