...The contribution of the Christian community to higher education in India is truly noteworthy. From a historical perspective it may be noted that the first Christian institution of higher learning in India, named CMS College was established in the year 1818, in Kottayam, Kerala State, in South India. In the year 1819 at Serampore near Calcutta, a higher educational institution was established modelled on the European Universities. It is worth mentioning that in the 19th century, the Christian Missions contributed in a commendable way to the expansion of English higher education. Their contribution was an asset to the British Government and the native endeavours in the field of education. The missionaries provided remarkable and priceless service...
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...Tapas Pal1 and Dr. Shyamsundar Bairagya2 Visva-Bharati, India 1 Associate Professor, Dept. Of Education, Visva-Bharati, India 2 Abstract: UGC has splendor activities in respect of conducting of sixteen autonomous statutory institutions, co-ordination, formulation and maintenance of the standards of university education, framing regulations on minimum standards of education, Determining standards of teaching, Examination and research in universities, Monitoring developments in the field of collegiate and university education, Disbursing grants to universities and colleges, Setting up common facilities, services and programs for a group of universities in the form of Inter-University Centers but there are lots of issues (negative performances) are related with UGC’s performance for these National Commission for Higher Education & Research (NCHER – A national over-arching regulatory body in higher education), Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) and demand of CBSC have been aroused. This article will highlight the issues related to cause of emerged of alternative body of UGC in India. Key Words: NCHER, RUSA, CBSC, UGC. 1. PREAMBLE The University Grants Commission (UGC) of India is a statutory organization set up by the Union government in 1956, charged with coordination, determination and maintenance of standards of university education. It provides recognition to universities in India, and disburses funds to such recognized universities...
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...in the economic growth and development of a nation. Growth rate of India is the second highest in the world after china. It is believed that the principle reason behind the Indian progress is its youth force, highest in number in the world. However with increase in the number of schools and colleges, enrollment rates, literacy rate etc, Indian youth are not only unemployed but still unemployable and this would remain one of a grave and serious policy issue to India for many upcoming years. This paper will examine the role of higher education reforms in eradicating the problems of unemployment. * To focus on present Education system of India. * To focus on present employment and unemployment scenario of educated youth in India. * To shed light on the necessary suggestion & recommendation for the betterment of educated youth. Glimpse of Indian Education System. * Elementary education in India lays emphasis up to the age of 14 years. Government is the largest provider and facilitator of educational in India, almost 80% recognized Schools are run by government. * 27% of Indian children are privately educated due to poor standard of public education. * India is facing a severe challenge. 26% of its population is still illiterate, 15% of Indian students reach high school and just 7% reaches to graduate level. (Zareer Masani, 2008). * Secondary Education covers children between 14-18 years of age. According to census 2001...
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...IADIS International Conference on International Higher Education 2010 THE ROLE OF ICT IN TEACHING FOR ENHANCING QUALITY EDUCATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION: A CASE STUDY OF INDIA M.L. Ranga1, Dinesh K. Gupta2 and Roshan Lal3 1 2 Vice Chancellor; Corresponding Author’s; Guru Jambeshwar University of Science & Technology, Hisar-125001, India Associate Professor, Department of Library & Information Science, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra-136119, India 3 Professor of Business Management, M.M. University, Mullana (Ambala)-133203, India ABSTRACT The objective of this paper is to examine the role of ICT (Information Communication Technology) in enhancing the quality of teaching at higher education level. Although the concept of higher education has been progressing well in India and ICT is being used in all spheres of education, this article aspires to study the current status of ICT implementation and its role in improving the quality of higher education. KEYWORDS Quality Education, Information Communication Technology, Digital Communication, Higher Education. 1. INTRODUCTION India keenly aspires for international recognition as a “knowledge superpower,” and globe trotting Indian executives and policymakers are always eager to tout the country’s much-vaunted IT companies, and a fastgrowing pharmaceutical industry, not to mention its pools of engineering, legal, and research talent. The scenario considered most promising in the future envisages the country to become the...
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...Report on The System of Education in India Nordic Recognition Information Centres 1 October 2006 THE SYSTEM OF EDUCATION IN INDIA Introduction ......................................................................................................... 3 Background to the Study Tour ............................................................................................... 3 Report Structure ..................................................................................................................... 3 Country Profile ....................................................................................................................... 4 Chapter 1 General Education ............................................................................ 5 Administration of Education .................................................................................................. 5 School Education.................................................................................................................... 6 National Curricula .................................................................................................................. 7 Examination and Assessment............................................................................................... 12 Source................................................................................................................................... 15 Islamic Education .......................................
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...Education Sector in India ........................................................................................................................ ContEnts 1. 2. 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 EDUCATION SECTOR OVERVIEW .......................................................................... 3 .............................................................. 5 KEY TRENDS IN EDUCATION SECTOR IN INDIA Government initiatives will continue to drive the reach of quality education in India .......... 5 Education sector will continue to witness increased public private partnership (PPP) for further growth ............................................................................................................. 7 Indian universities will continue to strengthen international collaboration ........................ 8 The initiatives of international bodies like World Bank and UNICEF will continue to focus towards increasing the reach of education .................................................................. 9 ICT will become the backbone for education modernisation in India .................................. 10 The ecosystem of education cities will mature in India ......................................................... 13 The focus on delivering quality education will only be aggravated in India .......................... 13 The industry will present increased opportunities of acquisition & alliances in the future ....................................................
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...Education scenario and needs in India: Building a perspective for 2025 Suman Sachdeva SECTION-I The Indian Constitution resolves to provide quality education to all and in an effort to fulfill the educational needs of the country specifically for the diverse societies and cultures of the country the government has chalked out different educational categories: Elementary education, Secondary education, Higher education, Adult education, Technical and Vocational education. Despite serious handicaps of means and resources, the country has built up during the last 50 years, a very large system of education and has created a vast body of men and women equipped with a high order of scientific and technological capabilities, robust humanist and philosophical thought and creativity. It would be worthwhile to observe the trends in the different sectors of education from post Independence period to the present scenario. Sectors of Education Elementary Education Graph I: Comparative Statement of Number of Institutions in 1950-51 and 1998-99 6.5 6 5.5 5 4.5 4 3.5 3 2.5 2 1.5 1 0.5 0 6.27 2.1 1.9 0.13 1950-51 1998-99 Primary Schools (Classes I-V) Upper Primary Schools (Classes VI-VIII) Comparative Statement of Numbers of Students (Upper Primary Stage) in 1950-51 and 1998-99 403.53 400 300 200 100 0 1950-51 1998-99 31.19 57.58 12.7 At the time of Independence, only fourteen percent of the population was literate and only one child out of three had been enrolled...
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...Future models of higher education Analysing innovative models for Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka An Economist Intelligence Unit report produced for the British Council January 2015 Commissioned by and in co-operation with www.eiu.com Trisha Suresh - British Council report New University models Cover.indd 1 1/5/2015 4:21:54 PM Trisha Suresh - British Council report New University models Cover.indd 2 1/5/2015 4:21:54 PM The changing university: In numbers 4.03 3.54 12.15 2.47 5.45 14.2 1.41 17.40 3.58 4.19 9.18 0.91 21.78 6.83 0.69 2010 27.81 25.01 16.07 11.49 2020 36.75 11.93 11.77 2030 39.70 11.65 Sub Saharan Africa South and West Asia Source: "Higher Education in 2035: The ongoing massification", by Angel Calderon, RMIT University North America and Western Europe Central and Eastern Europe East Asia and the Pacific Central Asia Latin America and the Caribbean Arab States Tertiary enrolment: Past and future Global enrolment in tertiary education has increased dramatically in the last few decades. In 2000, there were 99.4m students enrolled in higher education institutions. In 2030, research expects this number to rise to 414.2m. South Asia's proportion of global enrolment has been rapid: the region constituted only 12.15% of global enrolment in 2000, but this is expected to grow to over 20% in 2030. Growing economies and youthful population are driving continued growth in the region's appetite for higher education. Current demand...
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...IRJC International Journal of Social Science & Interdisciplinary Research Vol.1 Issue 8, August 2012, ISSN 2277 3630 SCENARIO OF PRESENT EDUCATION SYSTEM: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF HARYANA AND ITS NEIGHBOURING STATES KAMLESH GAKHAR*; HARJEET KOUR** *Associate Professor, Institute of Management Studies and Research, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, Haryana, India. **Junior Research Fellow, Institute of Management Studies and Research, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, Haryana, India. ABSTRACT Education has been made too easy for the students so that more and more students can enter into the scope of education system of the country. The announcements like abolishing compulsory CBSE board exams for class 10th from the session 2010-11, introduction of grading system, the passage of Right of Children to free and Compulsory Education Bill, reservation policies etc. are a few among them. Now the question arises as to what extent such efforts in the field of education have succeeded in different states of the country. Haryana is the state with a contribution of 3.7% in the total GDP of India. This present study will throw light on the education system of Haryana, with a comparative eye on its neighbouring states. An analysis of the educational achievements of these states from different angles will help the experts and the researchers to know how far we have gone in achieving our targets and what needs to be done. Along with this, a comparison of the literacy rates and...
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...No. 1042245 Deputy Chief Aircraft Engineer, Air India Limited Professor: Dr. Yvonne Ziegler 25 March 2014 Table of Contents 1. Introduction ……………………………………………………………5 1.1 Background …………………………………………………………5 1.2 Scope ………………………………………………………………..5 1.3 Structure of Report and Methodology …………………………...6 2. Women in Leadership Positions ……………………………………6 2.1 Women in Leadership in Indian Industry ………………………...6 2.2 Women in Leadership in world Industry ………………………….7 3. Higher education in women in India ……………………………….8 3.1 Sequential Growth ………………………………………………….8 3.2 Society perceptions and limitations ………………………………9 3.3 Government Initiatives ……………………………………………10 3.4 Economic Considerations ………………………………………..10 4. Carrier Family Balancing …………………………………………...10 4.1 Gender Discrimination ……………………………………………11 4.2 Historical Gender Bias ……………………………………………12 4.3 Duties of motherhood and Homemaker ………………………..12 5. Diversity Management Programs …………………………………12 5.1 Gender Diversity …………………………………………………..13 5.2 Diversity as a result of Religion, caste and Education ………..13 5.3 Managing Diversity ……………………………………………….13 6. Conclusion ……………………………………………………………14 References …………………………………………………………….15 Page i Table of Figures Figure 1: Positions held by women in Fortune 500 companies................8 Figure 2: Ratio of women directors............................................................9 Figure 3: Enrolment share (girls) in higher education…...........................10 Page ii Table...
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...QUALITY ASSURANCE Role of ICT in the governance of higher education Mrs. Shankarisankar, M.A.,MPHIL.,M.ED.,MPHIL., HDCA., DMTT ASSISTANT PROFESSOR SRM SCHOOL OF TEACHER EDUCATION AND RESEARCH SRM UNIVERSITY Abstract The increasing use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) has brought changes to teaching and learning at all levels of higher education systems (HES). Across the past twenty years the use of ICT has fundamentally changed the practices and procedures of nearly all forms of endeavour within business and governance. Traditional forms of teaching and learning are increasingly being converted to online and virtual environments. ICT increases the flexibility of delivery of education so that learners can access knowledge anytime and from anywhere. It can influence the way students are taught and how they learn as now the processes are learner driven and not by teachers. This paper is a critical analysis with reference to the changes taking place in teaching and learning process and the role that ICTs have played in this transformation. This paper highlights the various impacts of ICT on higher education and explores potential future developments. The paper argues the role of ICT in transforming teaching and learning and seeks to explore how this will impact on the way programs will be offered and delivered in the universities and colleges of that makes an easy way for good governance of higher education. Introduction Over the past few decades, technology...
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...EDUCATION REFORMS- SIGNIFICNACE OF RIGHT TO EDUCATION Current ministry of human resource and development- kapil sibal Budget- rs.31,036(US $-7.05 billion)(2009-2010) Literacy2001 Total- 66% Male-76.9% Fem-54.5% • Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to the world and 'charaka' is known as the father of Ayurveda. He developed this system some 2500 years back. • Takshila was the first university of world established in 700 B.C. • Nalanda University, built in 4 AD, was considered to be the honor of ancient Indian system of education as it was one of the best Universities of its time in the subcontinent. • Indian language Sanskrit is considered to be the mother of many modern languages of world. • Place value system was developed in India in 100 B.C. • India was the country, which invented number system. • Aryabhatta, the Indian scientist, invented digit zero. • Trigonometry, algebra and calculus studies were originated in India. CURRENT CHANGES IN EDUCATION 2010 At first, the HRD ministry has allowed the entry of the Foreign Universities to set-up campuses on Indian shores to boost higher education for top B-school students. While on the other hand, a revolutionary change in taking the educational system of CBSE in conformation to the international standard aptly serves the interest of primary education. 1) Education Bill Regulating Entry of Foreign Universities. 2) Introduction of International syllabus in CBSE. ...
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...Indian Education System Presented by: Doff _____________________________________________________________________________________ History * India has a long history of organized education. The Gurukul system of education in which students were taught orally and the data would be passed from one generation to the next. Up to the 17th century * The first millennium and the few centuries preceding it saw the flourishing of higher education at Nalanda, Takshashila University, Ujjain, & Vikramshila Universities. * Art, Architecture, Painting, Logic, mathematics, Grammar, Philosophy, Astronomy, Literature, Buddhism, Hinduism, Arthashastra (Economics & Politics), Law, and Medicine were among the subjects taught. After 1976 * In 1976, education was made a joint responsibility of the states and the Centre through a constitutional amendment * Center is represented by Ministry of Human Resource Development's Department of Education and together with the states, it is jointly responsible for the formulation of education policy and planning. * The 86th Amendment of the Indian constitution makes education a fundamental right for all children aged 6-14 years. Today education system in India can be divided into many stages. Pre- Primary - It consists of children of 3-5 years of age studying in nursery, lower kindergarten and upper kindergarten. At this stage student is given knowledge about school life and is taught to read and write some basic words...
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...is “Market In The Higher Education In India” . The main objective of this term paper is to critically evaluate the presence of private sector in market of higher education in India. The structure of paper starts with first , explanation of higher education as public or private good debate . various authors views are used while discussing the nature of product the higher education . Second, the importance and increasing presence of private sector in higher education is explained. Third, the form of market structure in higher education from the perspective of the student, as well as the perspective of the providers of higher education Traditionally , higher education is regarded as a public good, benefiting not only the individuals but also the whole society by producing a wide variety of externalities or social benefits. In recent times, however, the chronic shortage of public funds for higher education, the widespread introduction of neo-liberal economic policies and globalization in every country and in every sector, and the growing presence and importance of the international law on trade in services by the World Trade Organization and the General Agreement on Trade and Services—has led to change in view of many that higher education is a public good, and introduce the concept of market by the sale and purchase of higher education, as if it is a normal commodity meant for trade. The very shift in perception on the nature of higher education from a public good to...
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...there a problem with our approach? Education plays a paramount role in our lives. India as a country has come a long way in ways to impart higher education. With several examples across a variety of streams, our education system has seen transformation across ages. A visible, rapid expansion is evident in the higher education system of India. Currently, we are world’s largest centre enrolling over 70 million students. With1.4 million schools and more than 36,000 higher education institutes. We produce a large number of computer programmers and software engineers, similarly a large of medical science and pharmaceutical professionals across the world. For India, the third largest education centre in the world after...
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