These days I am reviewing a draft paper written by Dr. Kishor Joshi Economis Dept. MKBU Bhavnagar.. The title of the draft is ‘Higher Education in India: Retrospection on Advent and Growth of Private Sector’ and it is about private higher education in India and its growth story. The paper is spread in seven sections and each section covers different relevant issues. The major themes of the sections are financing, equity, efficiency, quality and private higher education. The data source of the paper has been MHRD, UGC and FICCI. It is observed that a substantial amount has been incurred on higher education in all the five year plans. The absolute number in terms of allocation reveals improvement in allocation during each following plan. The draft gives contradictory review instead. The figure adjusted with inflation rate and declining of rupee value gives negative growth instead of positive as govt. claims.
The study also reveals that higher education expenditure has improved, but the fruits of development have not transformed in enhancing living standards of people.
The government always claims for increasing and higher allocation of funds for higher education. But the draft comes out with facts and figures (based on the data of government sources) that so called fund never exceeded 8% of total outlay of plan ( hardly crossed the inflation rate on an average) . Thus instead of allocating more funds for higher education, in real terms it has declined. Thus government claims do not reflect the factual state with regard to allocation of funds for higher education.
The study further reveals that 85% of the funds go for administrative expenditure and the rest 15% for capacity building. State governments’ fund for higher is largely spent on salaries and it ignores the need of infrastructure and capacity building.
The study also reveals that higher education expenditure has improved, but the fruits of development have not transformed in enhancing living standards of people.
The government always claims for increasing and higher allocation of funds for higher education. But the draft comes out with facts and figures (based on the data of government sources) that so called fund never exceeded 8% of total outlay of plan ( hardly crossed the inflation rate on an average) . Thus instead of allocating more funds for higher education, in real terms it has declined. Thus government claims do not reflect the factual state with regard to allocation of funds for higher education.
The study further reveals that 85% of the funds go for administrative expenditure and the rest 15% for capacity building. State governments’ fund for higher is largely spent on salaries and it ignores the need of infrastructure and capacity building.
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