Click to play videoNew Delhi: Life is not easy even for the fortunate ones who can study. Union HRD Minister, Arjun Singh in a candid admission says that the higher education system in India is not serving the youth of the country anymore. The Government now plans a complete overhaul of the system.
"Higher education is the sick child of education in the country," Arjun Singh said even as vice-chancellors of universities from across the country gathered in Delhi for a meet.
The foremost on the agenda of the vice-chancellors is reforms in higher education and expansion based on the 11th five-year plan.
While the 10th plan was about primary education, this plan lays emphasis on secondary and higher education in the country.
And while the Government is willing to spend more money on this sector, it also wants University Grants Commission to undertake large scale reforms.
The 11th plan intends to increase the gross enrollment ratio in the next five years from the current 10 per cent in higher education to 15 per cent.
And to reach the target, there is a massive expansion being planned. Associated with the expansion are reforms like introducing the semester system and the common entrance test as well as public-private partmership in higher education and reviewing of the fee structure.
Says Member, Planning Commission, Professor Bhalchand Mungekar, "It can't happen that an officer pays Rs 500 fee for his son to study in nursery and then later pays a paltry sum for higher education."
The suggestions from the vice-chancellors' meeting would be forwarded to the Government in December and then the National Development Council will consider these suggestions to finalise a plan for higher education.
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