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PROPHE Summary The Indian government has re-asserted that the private
sector can play a vital role only in supplementing the government's efforts
in higher education provision, never replacing the State's role. Thus
it is the State that must lead reform, including reform necessitated by
a globalization including a 50% rise since 1990 in Indian students going
aboard for education and forcing India toward the General Agreement on
Trade in Services (GATS) for education. Opponents of signing the GATS
for education point to India's low education quality, concentrated less
on "public good" than on profit. Therefore, State-led domestic
reform is a perquisite to appropriate partnership or competition with
private or foreign universities, so the government needs to strengthen
its role as regulator, provider, and facilitator if legitimate privatization
of education is in the offing.
For the full story, see The Hindu Business Line, January 2005. "Private sector cannot replace role of States in higher education," by the Bureau. PROPHE Observation As prior PROPHE News Summaries on India have shown, there is great
concern over excess privatization and profit-oriented marketization in
higher education. The idea of the State at the core of designing and running
a higher education remains strong in India. But the idea and evolving
practice clash. Practical realities include how new private higher education
may fit the new economy and aspirations and choices by a variety of stakeholders,
most notably students and employers.
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