Hello,
On 17/07/07, Shakthi Kannan shakthimaan@gmail.com wrote:
On 7/17/07, Vikram Vincent vincentvikram@gmail.com wrote:
I would say that we need privatisation of education since the current spending of the Govt. is deplorable but I am dead against the commercialisation of education. Please note the difference.
Don't we already have enough private colleges a.k.a business-minded universities/colleges across India, who are more eager to drain your money, and get all the recognition/advertising without imparting any knowledge?
That was my point. I believe that the Govt. must increase its spending on education. India has one of the lowest public expenditures on higher education per student at US$406. Comparing, Malaysia(US$11790), China(US$2728), Brazil(US$3986), US(US$9629), UK(US$8502) and Japan(US$4830). When I said we need privatisation of education I was referring to places/Govts. which have already spent the maximum they can for education but are still short and hence the necessity. Karnataka, Tamilnadu, AP are of course exempt from this. Of course the private institutions would need to be regulated by the Govt.
Can you show any receipts or links as to how much they spent, and how
the students benefited from it?
b). Research in the pure fields may never be funded.
When did people start doing "research" in India, and when/how/where was it funded?
There used to be a time when students in India used to do research which was useful for the Indian economy. If I am not mistaken the current public investment in higher education is just about 0.37% of the GDP and is much below the required levels.
We see education as a public service which is responsible for providing us(students/youth) with the skills needed for economic success and also for building the foundations of a civil society. While the Indian Govt has already permitted 100% FDI in education under the GATS2000 negotiations I still feel that there are some options to negate or reduce its impact. But first we need 6% of GDP and 10% of Central budget allocated towards education. That should reduce some of our problems.