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Privatisation of higher education essentially means increasing reliance on private sources of educational finance in place of ever-increasing government subsidies. Given this, cost recovery becomes a major instrument of privatisation of education. What are the options available? developing countries budgetary constraints are making it extremely difficult for the extension of the conventional type of educational institutions. While the negative trends in public expenditure on education

- Financial Aspects of Privatisation of Higher Education, E T Mathew, Economic & Political Weekly, 06/04/1996, /eldoc/n00_/06apr99EPW.pdf

At present, India with its 500 million plus working age population has only 18 central and 186 state universities and about
14,500 colleges as compared to nearly 1,400 universities in the US. The selection rate in IITs and IIMs and top management schools is hardly 1.2% as compared to 10% in Ivy League US universities and Oxbridge. We should note that the Rs 50,000 crore that Indians spend on foreign higher education would suffice to build 20 IITs or 50 IIMs per year. Clearly, the supply of tertiary education institutions needs to be signifiantly augmented. With greater private investment, not only can India’s own higher education demand be met but the country could emerge as a major education hub.

THERE seems to be a widespread notion that education is also to be left to market forces when the structural reforms become fully opera-tional.
The rationale behind the now oft repeated demand for privatisation of education, particularly at the higher level, is this idea of marketisation. The issue had figured in the annual session of the Association of Indian Universities (AIU) held at Pondicherry in February last. As many as 130 Vice-Chancellors and senior educationists had attended the meet and a considerable number is reported to have favoured progressive privatisa-tion of higher education. Private agencies have been operating in the field of education for more than 150 years. Their role has changed considerably over the years from the early missionary zeal to the present profit-oriented approach. This has resulted in an increase in the number of private educational in-stitutions, but also a steep reduction of the financial contribution of these agencies towards country's educational expenditure.

THE Government of Kerala has finally decided to approach the Supreme Court to appeal against an order of the state's High Court which had ruled against the opening of private professional colleges. In effect, the Supreme Court will now be asked to review its decision taken two years ago when it banned the levy of capitation fees, and directed State Governments to de-cide the appropriate fees that should be charged by private educational institutions.

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1. Ministry of Human Resource Development - Annual Report 2003-2004, Government of India, 01/01/2004, N00.30. Higher Education- pg 145-184

Policy on Higher Education
2. National Policy on Education 1986 - Programme of Action 1992, Government of India, R.N00.33, 10. Ch 11- Higher Education- pg 61-70

3. Curriculum Development Higher Education
*- Report of the Study Group on Relating Sociology Syllabi to the National Service Scheme, R.N20a.5 scan p.g. 8-15
- Report of the Study Group on Relating Economics Syllabi to the National Service Scheme, Tata Inst. Of Social Sciences, R.N20a.6

4. Higher Education - A Non Merit Good? Association of Indian Universities, 15/06/1998, R.N23.9

5. Higher Education Education and Social Change
- Education for Development and Social Justice, C.S.R.D, 01/05/1977, R.N23.6

6. Regulation of Education Education and the Law
- Maharashtra Act No. XLI of 1965 The Maharashtra Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Boards Act, 1965, Government of Maharashtra, R.N22.2

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1.Excellence Achieving Social Relevance in Higher Education, Association of Indian Universities, 01/01/1993, B.N23.A3

2. Crisis and Collapse of Higher Education in India, Sethi, J.D., Vikas Publishing House Pvt.Ltd, 01/01/1983, B.N23.S4

3. The Hindu Speaks on Education, Part 2 Higher Education, Kasturi and Sons, 1997, B.N00.H13

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