Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Should India Re-Think Higher Education of Economy’s Sake?


Though India’s number of higher education establishments is impressive, two-thirds of the thirty-four thousand are too small to be practical. The size of these universities are understaffed, and on top of that, do not satisfy the maximum norms.  The Indian government fears that colleges are not preparing the students enough for real jobs, and the businesses and industries support reforming and decentralizing the higher education system in order to solve this issue.  In order to achieve these goals, it has been suggested that with partnering small schools with industries, the educators should be paid more and learn better education strategies to help the students apply their knowledge to that business. 
With these changes, I agree with the government and these suggested changes.  They will save money by shutting down some of the schools, and use that money for the professors in the consolidated establishments.  Additionally, new teaching methods will influence and help the enrolled students.  On the other hand, only 18% of India’s young adults are enrolled, while that statistic should be increased. These profits should be equally invested in providing the rest of the 82% in higher education instead of being placed on low-technology farms; despite the “18% participation in higher education being a remarkably high rate” for a prominently agricultural nation.

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