Higher Education Low Deal

Updated on: 7 February 2024 6:10 pm

Government yet to work out a fee structure for private unaided colleges
No benchmark for quality of education
No uniform criteria for admission, no common entrance examination
Exorbitant fees (e.g. Rs 3.90 lakh for a 11-month diploma) put most institutions beyond the reach of a vast majority
Very often commercial consideration, not merit, governs admissions
Many private colleges are run by politicians or enjoy their patronage. Sharad Pawar, Vilasrao Deshmukh, C.K. Jaffer Sharief, Mallikarjuna Kharge are examples.
Government-run institutions have not grown in the last decade or two.
Out of TN's 231 engg. colleges, 220 are unaided. In Kerala, privatisation saw the number rise from 12 to 70 in three years.