Educational Concerns for Higher Education in India

ABSTRACT

This paper reviews the prevailing policy environment to evaluate its efficacy in ensuring that India is successfully able to address these challenges in the education sector. Given the well established constraints on public funding of education, the role of the private sector especially in the provision of higher education and technical training has been highlighted. The paper suggests that India needs to have a proactive demand based policy towards private higher education including foreign institutions/universities desirous of setting up campus in India or entering into joint-ventures. This has to be combined with the establishment of a regulatory mechanism that ensures that students’ welfare is not compromised and quality standards are maintained. Trend of higher education in India is in its new edge, Government in India has made the drastic changes to educate the student to the highest level of educations. Along with famous reputed Institutions in India, Indian government is also taking initiative and encouraging the students to move abroad for higher educations.

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