Higher Education

Higher Education

Higher education system is essential for national, social and economic development of the country. There is a need of value based higher education system which empowers youth for self sustainability by inculcating employment skills and hence reducing poverty. India's higher education system is the third largest in the world. This paper includes the comparative study of components of value based higher education system of six countries - UK, China, USA, Australia, Brazil and South Africa with India. The paper proposes educational reforms and explains the critical aspects of managing, and delivering superior value of the higher education system in India. This study gives a complete view of the need of value in higher education system in India.
The rising demand for higher education is represented by an increase from 100.8 million tertiary students worldwide in 2000 to 152.5 million in 2007. The higher education sector has undergone major changes throughout the world which led to increased competition for institutions in this sector (Kirp, 2003; Maringe and Gibbs, 2009). According to UNESCO, “higher education is no longer a luxury; it is essential to national, social and economic development”. The quest to achieve Education for All (EFA) is fundamentally about assuring that children, youth and adults gain the knowledge and skills they need to better their lives and to play a role in building more peaceful and equitable societies. This is why focusing on quality is an imperative for achieving EFA. As many societies strive to universalize basic education, they face the momentous challenge of providing conditions where genuine learning can take place for each and every learner. Quality must be seen in light of how societies define the purpose of education (EFA Global Monitoring Report, 2005). Quality improves the value of education. So there is a lot of importance nowadays to increase the value of education. In this paper, a trial was made to explain the demand of...

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