HIGHER EDUCATION OF INDIA: INNOVATIONS AND CHALLENGES

Year 2015, Volume: 2 , 144 - 152, 01.09.2015

Rajnalkar Laxman Anil Kumar Hagargı

Abstract

Education plays a pivotal role in the development of
the society and decides the direction in which it has to develop. It has been
the salient driver for the achievement of various societal milestones. Since
development and advancement is order of the day, education has caught the
limelight and turned to be paramount significance. In the present paper, an
attempt is being made to throw some light on the current status of higher
education, Gross enrolment ratio, state of employability of the output of
higher learning institutions. Providing quality education and producing
employable output has been a major challenge faced by institutions of higher
education. We survive in a society where education is base to go up in the
ladder socially, politically, economically etc, in the society. The paper further
highlights the innovativeness being developed, persued and followed in the in
the wake of changing dimensions of education globally.

Academicians and administrators have to think on
serious initiatives to be followed to bring about desired changes. The
curriculum and delivery mechanism has to be restructured and updated from time
to time to meet the expectations of the society. Though there is a visible
growth in terms of increase in number of higher learning institutions i.e. 523
universities, deemed universities and institutions with national importance are
functioning in India, but not even a single higher learning institution from
India figured in the top 200 institutions in the world, this poses serious
question on the education system being followed in the country which can only
be answered by adopting   innovative
changes in higher learning institution. The concerted efforts so initiated may
bring desired quality results from the sector. Thus the present paper makes an
effort to critically examine the present status of higher education system in
the country and offer measures to be adopted in the days to come to make the
sector more vibrant and relevant and more societal oriented. Education
ultimately should enable the society to attain and achieve the desired changes
and enjoy the demographic dividend. Further it should contribute visibly in the
development of productive social capital.

Keywords

GER, employability, higher education, higher learning institution, demographic dividend, social capital, curriculum

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