Author:
Er. Pankaj Bajaj
Department Head, AS
Geeta Engineering College, Panipat-Haryana
Indian Higher Education
More than 750,000 Indians went abroad in 2018 to study, making India the second largest
country of origin for international students after China and one of the fastest growing markets in the world. The Brooking India report identifies the low employ ability of graduates, poor quality teaching, weak governance, inadequate funding and complex regulatory standards as some of the problems facing the sector. Furthermore, it notes that the postgraduate demand sector has not yet grown and access to high-quality higher education is a persistent problem.
India higher education system is unable to match the enrollment rates of other middle-
income economies. The higher education sector in India is paralyses by the lack of financial, academic and administrative autonomy that institutions have been granted. This is the prime reason of poor quality education.
Despite the enormous progress made over the past decade in expanding access to the fastest- growing segments of Indian society, the provision of relevant educational opportunities to the majority of young people in emerging countries remains a major challenge for Indian policymakers. India social problems will worsen if it can no longer provide high-quality jobs, increase social mobility and expand and improve its already overcharged education system weakened by inadequate funding and infrastructure, absenteeism, underpaid and underqualified teachers, high student-teacher ratios, academic corruption and growing quality problems in the growing private higher education sector of India. This implies that the pandemic could prove destructive and devastating to India public universities.
There is no doubt that the Indian state needs a mix of private and public universities to meet
the growing educational needs of its millions of young people. It is also clear that a lack of
access to quality education is an essential factor in student mobility in India.
Rahul Verma, fellow at the Centre for Policy Research in New Delhi, points out that leaders
from all political parties are investing in it, The rise of India lucrative private education sector which now enrolls two-thirds of India public higher education students, has personal benefits for policymakers.
According to a report of Brooking India entitled Reviving Higher Education in India in
November 2019, India Higher Education System is one of the largest in the world with 52,000 institutions. India's universities and colleges have 35.7 million students enrolled. Demand for Education in India is booming with the total size of the education market in FY25 reaching $25225 billion and the higher education market worth $35 billion, according to the Union Ministry of Commerce.
As expansion goes on, hybrid and new forms of learning are likely to play a key role. There are signs of a broader shift in the ecosystem of Indian higher education that could be a bright spot for thousands of students after suffering a bruise and, in some cases, wasting years.
In the mid-1900s, as India tightened its labor market and middle class ambitions soared,
millions of young people flocked to colleges and technical universities to improve their
prospects. But post-1980 & quotes the changing needs of the economy and a growing middle class slowed the government financial resources and the growth of state-funded higher education institutions. This has led to an increasing role for the private sector in the education system.
Although there are more and more vocational academies, three-year degrees in arts, business and science remain the most popular courses of study, as demonstrated by the high enrollment rates. Admission to the Academic Post-Baccalaureate Certificate of American and Indian Higher
Education requires a Bachelor degree or equivalent from an accredited institution. Students
can complete the certificate in conjunction with a completed professional qualification or as a separate certificate.
The American Indian Studies Program (AIS) offers the academic post-baccalaureate certificate in American Indian higher education in partnership with the Center for the Study of Higher Education. The AIS is designed to enable individuals who are working or planning to work as American-Indian students at Indian universities to pursue higher education.
Many important issues, such as the quality of higher education and the employment of
graduates, deserve further examination. In this report, we address these issues by examining
enrollment trends, graduation patterns, employment patterns and quality assurance frameworks for higher education institutions (HEIS) in India.
Public universities are irreparably damaged by the aftermath of India COVID-19 disaster,
experts warn. At Gujarat University, students and faculty rushed to three hospitals to see
nano science dean Indrani Banerjee before she died of lack of oxygen. Higher education
institutions are not spared as a deadly second wave sweeps across the country with reports of 400,000 new infections each day, and headlines are full of tragic news from universities.
In 2020, the 10th grade exam by India Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) yielded impressive results. More than 1.8 million students took the exam, 10% above 90% and 22.3% above 95%. In 2019, a similar number wrote the same exam, with 13% reaching 90%, 22.7% and 9.5%, respectively, representing 220,000 and 56,000 students.
India modern education system has its roots in a colonial heritage. The results are an indicator of the state of education in India. Help us to stand up for tribal schools, universities and students and to take action on the problems facing indigenous education.
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