Latest Trends in Higher Education in India: A Study

Abstract

Higher Education is undergoing continuous changes in the process of Globalization as it brings rapid development in the technology and communication skills through changes in the learning system across the world. Higher Education is a vital sector for economic growth and development of a nation. The report of the Education Commission (1964-66) under the chairmanship of Dr. D.S. Kothari symbolized the symbiotic relationship between education and national development. The capitalist economy strongly focused in free trade, “Due to this increasing free trade around the Globe, that end protection of many sectors so that there is more competition and privatization of education is increasingly being drawn into this Global capitalist competition. A study done by Dr. Pulkit Agarwal, Miss. Taiba Ahmad and Miss. Dalgindar Kaur, has analyzed that India has a low rate of enrolment in Higher Education at only 18% compared with 26% in China and 36% in Brazil. There is enormous unmet demand and supply gap for Higher Education. By 2020 the Government aims to achieve 30% gross enrolment which will mean providing 40 million University places an increase of 14 million in six years. India is currently at the stage of demographic transition population. Government of India aimed to increase 25.2% by 2017-18 and reach the target of 30% by GER 2020-21. To achieve this, the enrolments need to be substantially revised in Universities / Colleges to reach the target by 2017-18. The paper will concentrate on the analysis of this matter.