Present Scenario of Higher Education in Indian System of Education- A Need to Improve Its Quality

Abstract

Higher education provides people with an opportunity to reflect on the critical social, economic, cultural, moral and spiritual issues facing humanity. It contributes to national development through dissemination of specialized knowledge and skills. It is therefore, a crucial factor for survival. Being at the apex of the educational pyramid, it has also a key role in producing teachers for the education system. In the context of the unprecedented explosion of knowledge, higher education has to become dynamic as never before, constantly entering uncharted areas. The fact that our higher educational institutions are churning out millions of graduates who are unemployable speaks of the need for improving the quality of education in our country. In the present paper an attempt has been made to figure out the existing defects in the present system of higher education in India and what measures should be taken to improve the quality of higher education.