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Is our education system heading the right way?
By siliconindia
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Saturday, 13 August 2011, 01:13 IST |
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Though India has always been a great source of learning for many years, it still needs to improve not just on the quality of education but also on the number of people being educated. India continues to face severe challenges. Despite growing investment in education, 25 percent of its population is still illiterate; only 15 percent of Indian students reach high school, and just 7 percent graduate. As of 2008, India's post-secondary high schools offer only enough seats for 7 percent of India's college-age population, 25 percent of teaching positions nationwide are vacant, and 57 percent of college professors lack either a master's or PhD degree.
Moreover according to a recent report, the Union Government affirmed that the nation lacks professors and about 300,000 professors are needed in India's higher education system.
But for the improvement of the education system, the Government has also allocated several grants for education .In this year; Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee has announced a substantial increase of 24 percent in the education sector. Kapil Sibal, the HRD minister, has allocated of 
50 crore has been made for higher education. Moreover the UGC's allocation has gone up by 26 percent and the government has made a separate allocation of Rs 10 crore to set up 374 " model degree " colleges in the states.
50 crore has been made for higher education. Moreover the UGC's allocation has gone up by 26 percent and the government has made a separate allocation of Rs 10 crore to set up 374 " model degree " colleges in the states.
