Higher education is a "sick child": Arjun Singh
Terming higher education as a "sick child", HRD Minister Arjun Singh today lamented it was not serving the cause of young people and asked the Vice Chancellors to work on a road map for providing quality and inclusive education.
By PTI |
NEW DELHI: Terming higher education as a "sick child", HRD Minister Arjun Singh today lamented it was not serving the cause of young people and asked the Vice Chancellors to work on a road map for providing quality and inclusive education.
"Higher education is a sick child of education. It is not serving the cause of the young people of India," Singh said inaugurating a two-day national conference of vice-chancellors here.
Addressing the conference on `Development of Higher Education: Expansion, Inclusion and Excellence', organised by the University Grants Commission (UGC), he said there was a big divide between the rich and poor in terms of access to education.
"Keeping the divide in view, you should define what should be the content, extent, methodology and basic ingredients of higher education," Singh said.
Later, responding to suggestions of vice-chancellors, Singh said, "inclusion and access with equity are the core issues that confront us today."
He noted that the required resources were available for expansion of higher education and also asked the states to take more interest in education.
Earlier, Planning Commission Member B Mungekar also expressed concern over the quality of higher education.
"Today, not more than nine to ten per cent graduates are employable. There is a totally diverse economic and social reality. The task is to drastically restructure the education system," he said.
"Higher education is a sick child of education. It is not serving the cause of the young people of India," Singh said inaugurating a two-day national conference of vice-chancellors here.
Addressing the conference on `Development of Higher Education: Expansion, Inclusion and Excellence', organised by the University Grants Commission (UGC), he said there was a big divide between the rich and poor in terms of access to education.
"Keeping the divide in view, you should define what should be the content, extent, methodology and basic ingredients of higher education," Singh said.
Later, responding to suggestions of vice-chancellors, Singh said, "inclusion and access with equity are the core issues that confront us today."
He noted that the required resources were available for expansion of higher education and also asked the states to take more interest in education.
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Earlier, Planning Commission Member B Mungekar also expressed concern over the quality of higher education.
"Today, not more than nine to ten per cent graduates are employable. There is a totally diverse economic and social reality. The task is to drastically restructure the education system," he said.
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