Foreign universities setting up campuses in India is a practical move that can improve access to higher education and reduce the outflow of Indian students seeking education abroad.
The All India Survey for Higher Education (AISHE) report 2019-20, indicates that 79.5% of total enrolments are at the undergraduate level. Only 0.4% and 0.6% of students enroll for Certificate and PG Diploma levels. Data points indicate that obtaining a degree is of primary importance for students even though those degrees do not disseminate skills necessary to function in the workforce. One-size-fits-all and typical learning paths advocated by traditional educational structures are losing favor.
The University Grants Commission (UGC) very recently released a draft of Comprehensive Accessibility Guidelines and Standards for Higher Education Institutions and Universities to ensure persons with disabilities (PwD) have easy access to higher education.
Indian higher education is one of the world’s largest and fastest growing sectors. The change in demographics, which is expected to grow to about 1.5 billion people by 2030, has set the stage to propel the country into becoming a powerful mechanism of economic growth and development, if the higher education system meets the demands and needs of the growing economy, especially the job market.
Higher education is the new frontier for the bond market. There is an increasing number of universities across the world raising bonds to finance debt or investment. $ 2.2 billion value of bonds issued by education providers worldwide in 2007.
Securitization is the process whereby illiquid assets or rights are pooled and transformed into tradable and interest-bearing financial instruments that are sold to capital market investors.
In an article published in Financial Express, Manish Sabharwal and Shantanu Rooj put across loopholes and biasness by Regulatory Bodies in Indian Higher Education,
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