Higher Education System in India: A Comparative Analysis

Simranjeet Kaur; Shelly

Volume : VI, Issue : VII, July - 2016

Higher Education System in India: A Comparative Analysis

Simranjeet Kaur, Shelly

Abstract :

Education has always been considered as the key component of human development and greatest liberating force. In order to become prosperous global economy, India has to qualitatively strengthen higher education. Higher education has significant role in supporting knowledge driven economic growth strategies. The Indian education sector has been recognized as a “Sunrise Sector” for investment in the recent past. The Government has also been proactively playing the role of facilitator in this sector. With relatively stagnant growth of public sector, private sector now accounts for 63 per cent of the total higher education institutions and 52 per cent of the total enrolments in Indian higher education. The aim of the paper is to study the growth of structure of higher education in India. The paper also analyzed the GER (Gross Enrolment Ratio) in higher education with some imperatives of Indian higher education.