Bills and Trivia on Indian Education
Trivia # 1.India has the lowest higher educational enrollment ratio in the world around 11%. Did you know that ONE child out of NINE in India is able to join a college? The ratio in the US is 83% Trivia # 2. ONE out of TEN students holding various degrees in Humanities get’s a job, whereas 2/3 rd of Engineering graduates are still looking for employment. Source: a recent NASSCoM-McKinsey joint study. Trivia # 3. Mega universities like IIT are facing a faculty shortage f around 20-30% Trivia # 4. An Indian course curriculum is revised once in 5-10 years. Trivia # 5. More than 50% of India’s population is under 25 years of age and a majority of them are illiterates. Trivia # 6. Poor research - What is out contribution in terms of submitting articles, scientific papers and in the field of science and engineering globally? It is a shocking 3%, considering that the US is world’s 1/3 rd contributor in this field. Trivia # 7. Indian students 2011-12, have spent over U...