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Indias Education Crisis 101
If you want a good university education in India you have two choices: be born brilliant and study incredibly hard to gain entry into one of the countrys few world-class engineering, science or medical schools; or head overseas. Only a few thousand students a year are lucky enough to make it via the former route, while around 130,000 students a year, who dont quite make the grade at the best schools at home but can afford to pay for a foreign education, end up studying abroad.
That may be about to change. The Indian government says it will increase enrollment in state-run universities by more than 50% in the next three years. Crucially, the government is also considering allowing foreign universities to open up in India — either on their own or in partnership with local schools. The time has come to recognize the right of every qualified student to pursue higher education, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram Minister said last week. Millions of children are still out of school and that should remind us of the unfinished task before us.
More : time.com
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