College Education - Inputs on Root Causes
Below are the Key Issues as outlined by you on College Education in India.
Kindly review them and please advise Root Causes to these Issues by responding to this post.
Once we know the Root Causes, we will work through a separate post on Solutions with the objective of submitting a whitepaper to Ministry of HRD for taking the recommended actions.
Thanks for your participation
Rajendra Pratap Gupta
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College Education in India – Key Issues
1. There are not enough colleges to accommodate the number of students who seek admission every year
2. Teacher quality in colleges is poor
3. Colleges get licenses by bribing officials
4. Colleges ask for huge donations at the time of admissions
5. Deserving candidates don’t get admission
6. The option for students to choose courses which match their aptitudes is very limited
7. Wide variations in inputs across universities for the same level of qualification
8. Courses taught are not job oriented
9. Courses are theoretical with the practical aspect missing
10. Inadequate facilities in colleges
11. Fees structure of private colleges are very high
12. Not many colleges offer scholarships
13. Degrees including PHD can be bought in our country
14. Colleges are run like business units
15. System is producing too many while collar job seekers than technical hands more