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July 21st, 2009, 08:27 PM
Indian higher education can accomodate only 7-8 percent students
The higher education system in India is facing several problems and the system is in dire need of reforms. Only 7-8 percent of our college students can be accommodated in the higher education institutions in India. The gross enrolment ratio in the country is about 11 percent in higher education as compared to about 60 percent in the U.S. and Canada, and 21 percent in the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) countries.
During 2000 and 2005, 26 private-sponsored institutions received the deemed university status. Since 2005, the number of private deemed universities has increased to 108. In Tamil Nadu alone, the number of private deemed universities has increased from 18 in 2007 to 35 in 2008 with many more in the pipeline. Also, there are a huge number of institutes which churn out graduates who need to be further re-trained. Also, the recent arrest of the AICTE chairman R A Yadav on bribery charges, shows the downfall of the higher education system in the country.
As the higher education in India has largely concentrated on academic pursuits, the skill-based training institutes have been looked down upon as 'vocational'. According to the Yash Pal Committee, "Our current system 'cubicle-ises knowledge', currently our universities are similar to the caste system in India wherein 'steel walls exist between universities and between disciplines'. This needs to break and an interdisciplinary system needs to be encouraged so that students' curiosity and creativity can be harnessed." The Yash Pal Committee has recommended reforms in the higher education system in India.
Source: Siliconindia.
The higher education system in India is facing several problems and the system is in dire need of reforms. Only 7-8 percent of our college students can be accommodated in the higher education institutions in India. The gross enrolment ratio in the country is about 11 percent in higher education as compared to about 60 percent in the U.S. and Canada, and 21 percent in the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) countries.
During 2000 and 2005, 26 private-sponsored institutions received the deemed university status. Since 2005, the number of private deemed universities has increased to 108. In Tamil Nadu alone, the number of private deemed universities has increased from 18 in 2007 to 35 in 2008 with many more in the pipeline. Also, there are a huge number of institutes which churn out graduates who need to be further re-trained. Also, the recent arrest of the AICTE chairman R A Yadav on bribery charges, shows the downfall of the higher education system in the country.
As the higher education in India has largely concentrated on academic pursuits, the skill-based training institutes have been looked down upon as 'vocational'. According to the Yash Pal Committee, "Our current system 'cubicle-ises knowledge', currently our universities are similar to the caste system in India wherein 'steel walls exist between universities and between disciplines'. This needs to break and an interdisciplinary system needs to be encouraged so that students' curiosity and creativity can be harnessed." The Yash Pal Committee has recommended reforms in the higher education system in India.
Source: Siliconindia.