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Higher education in India will face the scan test. The news has been given out by a senior educational official. Though the statement is yet to be confirmed whether he is rightly quoted. The sources suggest that, the elementary section and even the middle school levels are gradually working towards meeting the standards set so far. But experts fail to suggest the same in the case of colleges and universities. Sunil Kumar, the additional secretary for higher education speaks about the inadequacies in higher education levels in greater degrees. Being an integral part of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, such a survey is mandatory. It is required to understand the absolute nature present in the educational conditions prevailing in the country.
The higher education surveys would be conducted in a systematic manner, as suggested by Kumar, while attending a conference organized under the supervision of the Confederation of Indian Industry. He suggested that the mapping would take place on the basis of demographic distribution according to existing academic courses. The survey patterns are likely to get final approval in a year's time.
Such education statistics reading are required since the government is working on long term expansion plans. The goal is to double the count of institutions that are commissioned to propagate higher studies across the country. Keeping the same thought in line, the Indian Education minister has proposed to increase the student enrollment count drastically. The proposed agenda is about increasing the proportional count from the present 12.4 percent and take it up to 30 percent on 2020.
The proposal has invited large scale criticism from critics, nevertheless. There are various schools of thinkers who believe that a sharp increase in student count can lead to adverse effects. If this change is implemented in each academic sector, it is likely to affect the teaching quality. So far, such complaints have been voiced from different intellectual schools, but a sharp raise is going to meet renewed protests, not only from the educators but also from the ones who are likely to benefit from it. Higher education in India has been a greater concern for academicians. Presently India is rated as the third largest education system in the world. With such massive alteration the country is ought to face the restraints coming along with population surge. Educating the en mass, or rather meeting the expanding of billions of youth is indeed an imposing task, and the government requires treading such thin lines with great expertise. Some efforts have been made to deal with the concerns. This would include mobilizing a parliamentary bill that is capable of setting up an effective regulatory body. Needless to say, efforts might bear fruit in the next decade, provided the government is determined enough.
