Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Foreign Universities will raise standard

The Union Cabinet on Monday approved The Foreign Educational Institution (Regulation of Entry and Operation) Bill, 2010, which allows the foreign universities to set up campuses in India and offer degrees. This has paved the way for the introduction of the Bill in the Parliament. Express spoke to a few academicians in the city to know their reactions.

All the academicians were of the opinion that if foreign universities were allowed to set up campuses in India, Indian colleges would have to pull up their socks and raise their standards.

“I personally welcome this Bill. India has a shortage of universities and lacks good educational infrastructure. This will bring a sense of competition,” said MS Thimmappa, former vice-chancellor of Bangalore University.

K R Venugopal, Principal, University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering, said, “The foreign universities come with a huge amount. Their education standard is higher than ours. If we want to catch up with them, there is a need to improve higher education. We need to improve everything, including delay in announcement of results, recruiting staff, lessen corruption, good infrastructure and much more.” “There are deemed, private and now the foreign universities, which is a big challenge to any Indian university. This is high time that there is a need for reformation in higher education sector,” said MK Sridhar, executive director, Karanataka State Knowledge Commission.

Source : http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/story.aspx?Title=%E2%80%98Foreign+Universities+will+raise+standards&artid=l3oRk|zA|Y0=&SectionID=Qz/kHVp9tEs=&MainSectionID=wIcBMLGbUJI=&SectionName=UOaHCPTTmuP3XGzZRCAUTQ==&SEO=

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