Volume : III, Issue : VI, June - 2014

Privatisation of Education–A Study in Kerala Context

Sindhu Krishnadas. T

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The education in Kerala is facing some crisis. The school curriculum failed to equip students with the skills necessary for a modern economy. In Kerala people shows an obsession to secure white collar jobs and reluctance to do manual work. Though the unemployment rates in Kerala are the highest in India, the state’s requirements for manual labour in occupations like farming, construction, quarrying, earthworks etc. are increasingly met by laborers from neighboring states. Educational institutions in Kerala still lay emphasis on traditional courses in arts and science subjects. Curricula were not adapted to the changing needs of the economy. The job markets in foreign countries are now seeking specialized labourers. Traditional pattern of education provided by the institutions of Kerala cannot meet the needs of these job markets. The failure of the public system of education to add new specializations to existing courses, as also to start new courses in emerging areas, has led to the migration of students to other states. The courses in fast growing areas like computer education travel and tourism, hotel management, foreign languages etc. are provided by private institutions in Kerala. In Kerala, social, religious and political organizations acted as pressure groups for the establishment of new institutions. But it has been criticized that the education system of Kerala lacks quality. The lack of proper investment is the main constraint for themodernization and diversification of the education sector. Private agencies played a major role in the expansion of the educational sector in Kerala. These institutions are liberally aided and supported by the government. The number of private aided schools and colleges outnumber the government- owned institutions. Now the government is sanctioning the private self- financing institutions. The paper tries to analyse the impact of privatization on the education of Kerala

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Sindhu Krishnadas. T / Privatisation of Education- A Study in Kerala Context / International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol.3, Issue.6 June 2014

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