Impact of Globalization on Core Engineering Education in India

2008 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-68
Author(s):  
Duru Arun-Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Specific Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Colonial Legacy ◽  
Technology Sector ◽  
Employment Pattern ◽  
Education In India ◽  
Per Se ◽  
New Interpretation ◽  
The Government

AbstractThe education system in India continued to be based on the colonial legacy of bureaucratic administration even after fifty years of independence. But, under globalization and liberalization policies of the government, engineering higher education has acquired a new interpretation of increasing credential value, where the degree per se is more important for securing a high-paying job, primarily in the software and information technology sector, than for acquiring specific knowledge and skills. This is reflected in the employment pattern of the graduates with a core engineering background.

scholarly journals Attitude of Public towards Higher Education: Conceptual Analysis

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (12) ◽  
pp. 19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anuja Roy ◽  
Jacqueline Kareem
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Poverty Line ◽  
Resource Potential ◽  
The People ◽  
Education In India ◽  
Indian Higher Education ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
The Government

Indian higher education has never received much prominence when compared to the primary level. Academicians of our country have already pointed out that for economic and social well-being of our country majorly depends on the quality and widespread of higher education in our country. The main obstruction is the misconceptions by the general public of our country which is accompanied by the economic issues. The vision of Ministry of Human Resource and Development heads the department of Higher Education whose aim is to realize India’s human resource potential to its fullest in the education sector, with equity and excellence. Higher education is a costly affair when we take into consideration the fact that almost 20% of the population still lie under the poverty line. There is still a gap in the level of enrolment between males and females. The government is trying hard to overcome this disparity. Skills have often been ignored in our country’s scenario. Thus, higher education should also promote and encourage technical education. An All India Survey on Higher Education was initiated only in 2011, only because none of the sources had a complete picture of the data on higher education. The large amount of population is also a problem as it becomes difficult to cater to the needs of each individual or group. The resources are scarce when compared to the people demanding for it. We should try to identify the problems, and then we should work towards solving those problems. Public of our country should be willing to send their children for higher education; they should be having a positive attitude towards higher education. This paper discusses several steps that can be untaken to bridge the gaps in the system of higher education in India.

scholarly journals Equity and Equality in Higher Education- India Calling…

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 18-24
Author(s):  
Preeti Oza
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Mobility ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
College Graduates ◽  
Good Health ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Developing Nation ◽  
Education In India ◽  
Present Context ◽  
The Government

Higher education in India is always a socio-political way and a powerful engine of social mobility. It adds to the benefits to society as more people earning Higher Education credentials. It is proven that college graduates earn more. They are less likely to be unemployed. They are more likely to vote, more likely to volunteer, and more likely to maintain good health. India as a Globalised and developing nation has been little systematically progressing on the educational front since its independence. The government is making progress in reaching out to all the classes of its society. The improvement in the country’s economic front has resulted in the upscaling of communication technology. The advent of the internet, have vastly leveraged the promotion of education across all verticals. But at the same time, the idea of Equity and Equality needs to be redefined in the present context of the newly established notion of ‘Inclusivity’. This paper deliberates on the various ideas and approaches of Higher Education in India on ‘Inclusivity’ in general and Equity and Equality in particular.

Focus on Quality in Higher Education in India

2021 ◽  
pp. 001955612110072
Author(s):  
Asha Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Lifelong Learning ◽  
Present Article ◽  
Quality Education ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Massification Of Higher Education ◽  
Education In India ◽  
Quality In Higher Education ◽  
Changing World

These days we find a lot more focus on ‘quality’ in the field of higher education than ever before. In fact, it is the concept of quality that makes higher education ‘higher’. Earlier, the pursuit of higher education was elitist. The focus used to be on ‘knowledge for the sake of knowledge’. However, with the massification of higher education in the wake of knowledge-based and technology-driven modern economies worldwide, we find the focus shifting to employability of the students in rapidly changing world of work. The quality education implies not only equipping the students with requisite knowledge and skills for their chosen career field but also to prepare them for lifelong learning. It is expected to train the students to think and act critically beyond university in the interest of society and humankind. The present article focuses on the changing perspectives of the quality in higher education in India. The methodology adopted is analytical, comparative and empirical.

scholarly journals Creating Responsible and Engaged Students

2021 ◽  
pp. 197-203
Author(s):  
Pankaj Mittal
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Active Engagement ◽  
Teaching And Research ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Prime Concern ◽  
Social Concerns ◽  
The World ◽  
Education In India ◽  
Advanced Knowledge

AbstractSince 6 BC, when the first university of the world was established in Takshila in India, higher education in India has been integrating advanced knowledge and skills with larger social concerns. Apart from teaching and research, a prime concern of universities is to engage with the community and to contribute towards the development of society. Much emphasis is placed on the values of education by complementing curricular instruction for shaping future generations and enabling active engagement with society. The emphasis has been on holistic development of the student leading to complete realization and liberalization of oneself. To quote Swami Vivekananda, a well-known Indian scholar, “Education is not the amount of information that we put into your brain and runs riot there, undigested, all your life. We must have life-building, man-making, character-making assimilation of ideas. If you have assimilated five ideas and made them your life and character, you have more education than any man who has got by heart a whole library. If education is identical with information, the libraries are the greatest sages of the world and encyclopaedia are the greatest Rishis”.

scholarly journals Training of special teachers to use the resources of Moscow E-School

2021 ◽  
Vol 98 ◽  
pp. 05017
Author(s):  
Yulia A. Afanasyeva ◽  
Elena G. Gravitskaya ◽  
Galina V. Paramonova ◽  
Olga I. Gromova ◽  
Sholpan A. Bulekbayeva
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Educational Technologies ◽  
Digital Environment ◽  
Disabled Children ◽  
Creative Potential ◽  
Specific Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
High Satisfaction ◽  
High Level ◽  
Electronic Content

This article discusses the issues of training special teachers for using modern digital educational technologies, in particular innovation resources of Moscow E-School (MES). The aim of this work is in development of technology of specialists’ training, capable to work with the resources of MES, in the frames of higher education. The following research methods were applied: surveying students, expert appraisal of students by teachers, aiming at formed skills and habits to work in MES environment. The obtained experimental results evidence that in the frames of higher education, the proposed technology of specialists’ training, capable to work with the resources of MES in the frames of optional courses, demonstrated sufficiently high results. The study revealed high satisfaction of teachers with the level of students’ qualification, namely: creative potential was enhanced, during the practice the students demonstrated higher involvement. Thus, in 2020, the teachers supervising the practice marked high level of skills of operation with MES resources demonstrated by 57% of students, which was nearly by two times higher than in 2018 (31%). In 2020, the average level was recorded for 28% of students, the low level – for 15% of students, which was nearly by two times lower than in 2018 (27%). Introduction of such optional course is exclusive, since it is oriented at training students specializing in special (defectology) education and solves the following tasks: firstly, to arm with the skills and habits of operation in digital environment, namely, MES, and secondly, to arm with specific knowledge and skills of development of electronic content for disabled children.

Innovations in Higher Education in India

2020 ◽  
pp. 162-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebak Kumar Jana ◽  
Adwaita Maiti
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Economic Productivity ◽  
Innovative Strategies ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Quality Of Higher Education ◽  
Knowledge Based Economy ◽  
Education In India ◽  
Ict Infrastructure ◽  
The Government

The present century is an age of knowledge-based economy. Though India's achievement in the field of higher education in the post-independence period is remarkable, gross enrollment ratio in higher education and the quality of higher education in India is not encouraging. ICT infrastructure is one way of stimulating growth in national innovation and economic productivity. According to NSSO survey in India, in higher education, 85.4% of students are able to operate computers, 81.6% of students are able to search the internet, and 78.2% of students are able to e-mail. The Government of India has taken various innovative strategies in higher education including online courses and facilities. The chapter has also highlighted different digital initiatives in higher education in India. In India MOOCs are offered by SWAYAM, IITBX, mooKIT, and NPTEL. Other digital innovation includes E-PG Pathshala, SWAYAM Prabha, e-Shodh Sindhu, Shodh Gangotri, Shodhganga, AISHE, National Academic Depository (NAD), etc.

Issues on Financing Higher Education in Tanzania

2020 ◽  
pp. 605-618
Author(s):  
Sotco Claudius Komba
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education Sector ◽  
Critical Examination ◽  
Education Funding ◽  
Higher Education Funding ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Funding Policies ◽  
The Government ◽  
National Governments ◽  
Financing Higher Education

Education is a key to the development of any nation. Higher Education, in particular, is expected to produce graduates with knowledge and skills required for solving open and closed ended socioeconomic problems with a view of improving livelihoods. In order to achieve this end, it is mandatory for national governments to invest heavily in education and ensure equity and equality in accessing education opportunities. However, a critical examination of trends in financing higher education in Tanzania has revealed that higher education sector is currently being underfunded by the government. This trend does not only affect the issues of accessibility to and equity and equality in higher education, but also impinges on the provision of quality higher education. Thus, this chapter examines the trends and proposes a way forward for sustainable higher education funding policies.

Issues on Financing Higher Education in Tanzania

2017 ◽  
pp. 125-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sotco Claudius Komba
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education Sector ◽  
Critical Examination ◽  
Education Funding ◽  
Higher Education Funding ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Funding Policies ◽  
The Government ◽  
National Governments ◽  
Financing Higher Education

Education is a key to the development of any nation. Higher Education, in particular, is expected to produce graduates with knowledge and skills required for solving open and closed ended socioeconomic problems with a view of improving livelihoods. In order to achieve this end, it is mandatory for national governments to invest heavily in education and ensure equity and equality in accessing education opportunities. However, a critical examination of trends in financing higher education in Tanzania has revealed that higher education sector is currently being underfunded by the government. This trend does not only affect the issues of accessibility to and equity and equality in higher education, but also impinges on the provision of quality higher education. Thus, this chapter examines the trends and proposes a way forward for sustainable higher education funding policies.

Quality Enhancement in Higher Education Institutions in India

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-40
Author(s):  
Katta Rama Mohana Rao ◽  
Chandra Sekhar Patro
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Quality Enhancement ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Quality Of Higher Education ◽  
Education In India ◽  
Skill Requirement ◽  
The Government ◽  
Quality In Higher Education

Higher education system in India has been expanded in a remarkable way, particularly in the post-independence period, to become one of the largest systems of its kind in the world. However, the Gross Enrollment Ratio (GER) is far below when compared to developed and many developing countries. The Government of India has focused on increasing the access and ensuring equity during successive plan periods. The resultant growth, though impressive, failed to ensure desired Quality in Higher Education. Only a few Higher Education Institutions earned reputation for high quality services. Globalization has resulted in significant changes in the knowledge economy and ushered new conditions for the provision of higher education to cater the skill requirement all across the globe. Under these circumstances, focus on quality enhancement of higher education in India assumes greater significance. This paper analyses the growth of higher education in India, the major quality concerns, the government initiatives and challenges for enhancement of quality of higher education in India.

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