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| Article Name : | | | CHALLENGES AND PERSPECTIVES OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN INDIA: ACCESS, EQUITY AND QUALITY | | Author Name : | | | MOHAN GALGOTRA | | Publisher : | | | Ashok Yakkaldevi | | Article Series No. : | | | GRT-2498 | | Article URL : | |  | Author Profile View PDF In browser | | Abstract : | | | The future of any nation resides with in the walls of education system, that plays a proactive role in developing and nurturing an individual's intellect, character and value system. Higher education is of paramount importance for economic and social development. It is of vital importance for the country as it is a powerful tool to build knowledge based society of 21st century. With the growing size and diversity of the higher education sector particularly in terms of courses, management and geographically coverage it has become necessary to develop a sound data based on higher education. The Indian higher education has emerged as one of the largest in the world with 14.6 million students enrolled in more than 31000 institutions. At present programme wise students enrollment percentage is 86%, 12% and 1% at Undergraduate level, Post graduate level and Research level respectively. The Gross enrollment Ratio (GER), of 13.5% compares quite poorly with 84% in USA and over 40% in several European countries and more than 20% in many developed and developing countries. Moreover only 161 universities and 4,371 colleges had been accredited by NAAC, in which 9 % were graded 'A' 68% were graded 'B' and remaining 'C'. The paper in this context highlights the “Challenges and Perspectives of Higher education in India: Access, Equity and Quality.'’ | | Keywords : | | |
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