How firmly
do you believe that our politicians should be educated in real and bookish
terms to be educated and behave like one?
According
to EDUCATION AND POLITICS IN INDIA, the book on Studies in Organization,
Society and Policy and edited by Susanne Hoeber Rudolph and Lloyd I. Rudolph,
they believe that “studying the politics of education is to identify and
analyze the institutions and processes that shape educational policy and
performance.”
In the
excerpt they have said that the way higher education in India has expanded,
added research need was generated in the fields of
- educational
- sociology
- economics
- finance
- manpower planning
- administration
Politics should
not be done on education at least. Because we are a neglected lot in general.
Education in India contains some political constraints, that neither specifies
nor confronts them, Susanne Hoeber Rudolph and Lloyd I. Rudolph believe. A
study by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council reveals that a
majority (70%) of the total universities in India has been graded of poor
quality. What should that translate? Has our education system collapsed under
the top leadership which is responsible to impart basic free and quality
education?
With
‘corruption’ stemming deep down into our systems and has been sinfully accepted
as an institution, the ultimate sufferer is not from the urban and/or who is
rich, it’s the poor, marginalized, someone who lives in the rural India and not
aware of government education propaganda and plans. The poor child from the
village needs to know, what the future is up for him.
Indian Education Scene at a Glance
We have
collated some data from the EPSI – Educational Promotional Society of India
site. Hope it helps.
·
India has a total of
31,324 Colleges and 544 Universities
·
Growth of Higher
education needed as per five year plan – 37%
·
Growth of Higher
education increase/year – 11%
·
Demand for Higher
education increase/year – 20%
·
Human resource demand is
increasing/year – 18%
·
Shortfall in no. of
seats required and available - 45%
While most
cynics have cited foreign varsities and owners are profit mongers and someone
who would encourage mindless commercialization, cheating and brazen
commercialization of education the increased budget this year will provide some
respite to the poor and the needy. The
Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) released early this year despite revealing
encouraging results for Tamil Nadu, the basic infrastructure is still lacking. In
March 2013, Multibillionaire Indian industrialist Mr. Mukesh Ambani proposed to
build a ‘Harvard University’ like replica in India itself. This (news) comes at
a condition, the central government needs to pass - the ‘Private Universities
Bill (Self-Finance Universities' Bill)’.
The HRD and other eminent scientists believe that there should be a
higher participation of PPP – Private Public Partnerships in the education
sector.
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