Higher Education in India: The Need for Change

Pawan Agarwal

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Abstract: The paper relates the growth of higher education in India to the changing funding pattern and suggests ways to ensure that higher education remains both affordable and accessible to all. The author emphasizes the need for greater adaptability in the higher education system so that it continues to provide the needed skills and trained workforce to the economy as it integrates with the world economy. Policy measures required to promote, sustain, and enhance world-class research are also included. Considering the weaknesses in the prevailing regulatory and quality assurance environment, the paper provides a roadmap for reforms towards improved accountability of the system. [ICRIER Working Paper 180, June 2006.]

Keywords: India’s higher education sector; reforms in education; financing of India’s Education; Quality assurance in education; funding of higher education; regulating higher education; Education; Sociology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006-07
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