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Indian Higher Education
It is widely recognised that higher education promotes social and economic development by enhancing human and technical capabilities of any country like India. It provides an opportunity to critically reflect upon the social, economic, cultural, moral and spiritual issues facing humanity. It contrib...
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| Language: | English |
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2015
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| Summary: | It is widely recognised that higher education promotes social and economic development by enhancing human and technical capabilities of any country like India. It provides an opportunity to critically reflect upon the social, economic, cultural, moral and spiritual issues facing humanity. It contributes to national development through dissemination of specialized knowledge and skills. Indian higher education system has undergone massive expansion since independence in terms of growth, enrolment. Keeping in above backdrop, the present paper is an attempt to analyze the trend in growth and challenges of Indian higher education system in the present era. It is clear from the analysis that there has been considerable improvement in the higher education in India in both quantitative as well as qualitative terms. But issues like access, equity, inclusion, quality, privatization and financing concerning higher education, are very complex and interrelated with political, economical geographical and international dimensions. To develop India as a knowledge hub and to become a prosperous partner in global economy, India has to qualitatively strengthen education in general and higher... |
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| Physical Description: | 33 - 38 |