Listen to @TVMohandasPai for some incredible numbers, facts and viewpoints about India's higher education system, #NewEducationPolicy, more. I will highlight 7 key points.
1) India has the world's largest higher education system - but quality lacking.
2) Universities have become ivory towers without much industry interaction - research suffering
3) Make children use their hands for life skills! Most can't even assemble a cycle even after 12 years of education.
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4) He stresses the importance of multiple languages in education. Mother tongue, state's language, Hindi, Sanskrit & English.
5) If 100 kids go to school, 80 go to class 10. 55 go to class 12. 26 go to college. GER (enrollment) of women in college is higher than men!
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6) India's social group inclusion is happening at fantastic pace now.
SC 16.6% of population, 14.6% are in college!!
ST 8% of pop, 5.6% in college.
BC make up 40% of pop, 36% in college.
All social groups in India are now doing great compared to earlier decades.
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6) cont'd...
The only social group still lagging is Muslims. 15% of population, but only 5.2% in college. But the good news in that is 7.7% college enrollment increase for Muslims girls & 7.6% for boys since in 2018 compared to 2012. Slowly getting better last decade.
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7) India produces 45000 PhDs in a year, but mostly of low quality irrelevant topics.
Only 500 in Computer Science (IT giant!!).
Only 3% of IITs research in the same IIT, after graduating.
India has a long way to go, but the first #NewEducationPolicy in 34 years is promising.
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