Education in India: A brief Description

Education in India

• India has one of the largest numbers of higher education institutions in the world comprising at least 490 universities and 20,769 colleges.

• But the quality is low and many graduate skills are so poor they are unemployable.

• More than 160,000 students leave Indian shores annually to study at universities abroad.

• Educational institutions have made a foray into India, but their involvement has been limited.

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• There are at least 100 foreign educational institutions offering programmes in the country, but most are vocational or technical.

• The Cabinet recently approved a Bill that seeks to allow foreign university campuses in India. The Bill is to be tabled in Parliament this month.

• The move will open a huge market but foreign universities will have to adhere to some guidelines.

• Foreign institutes will need to deposit Rs.50 crores as corpus fund.

• Each institute will have to be registered with the University Grants Commission or any regulatory body.

• The government will have the right to reject application of any foreign university on grounds of ‘national security’.

• Foreign institutes will not be able to take the profits back. They will be liable to spend it on further expansion.

• No ‘quota’ law will be applicable to foreign universities setting up campuses in India.

• Institutes will have to submit details of fees charged, syllabi and teachers salaries to the regulator.

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