1. Dr.A.Prabaharan
Research Director, Public Action

2.  Five year plan has been the backbone of
India‟s development
 After completing 11 five year plans, India has
stepped into 12th Plan
 12th plan period is 2012-2017

3.  Focus will be on “Three Es – Expansion, equity
and excellence”
 Quality, diversifying higher education
opportunities and governance reforms
 Autonomy with accountability
 Attention on locations, states, subject areas
and type of institutions where current
capacity is low
 Self employment generation by developing
skill-based programs

4.  Innovation and relevant curricula to be
developed
 Quality of central institutions to be enhanced
 Expansion of state institutions with equity
and quality as prime focus
 Public Private Partnership (PPP) in higher
education to be encouraged
 Technology intensive education and multi-
disciplinary research

5.  Enrolment to be increased by 10m
 1 million (ODL)
 3.3 million (Skill based diploma programs)
 5.7 million (Degree programs)
 0.6 million increase in central institutions
 2.6 million increase in state institutions
 5.8 million increase in private institutions
 1 million increase in ODL

6.  Make shift programs
 Year round operations
 Efficient land use
 Adjunct faculty
 Specially trained teaching assistants
 Technology driven higher education
 Capacity consolidation through mergers

7.  Hiterto central government would support
only hi-end research
 Focus lost instit.utions like ISM –
Dhanbad, BESU – Shilpur and NIFFT – Ranchi
to be developed to the level of IITs
 Central institutions will act as the role model
for state institutions in the area of
governance, infrastructure, faculty and
curricula

8.  High order innovation clusters will be started
by bringing state and private institutions
closer to the niche central institution
 Rshatriya Uccha Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) will
revolutionise higher education as SSA did it
for primary education

9.  „Not-for-profit‟ status to be reexamined.
 For profit institutions in areas with acute
shortage of faculty will be allowed
 With necessary oversight and accreditation
arrangements
 Private institutions can raise funds through
public offerings of bonds or shares
 Institutions can be established under Section
25 Companies Act

10.  Financial and tax sops to be provided to the
edupreneurs
 Education brought under infrastructure
 Public and private education differentiation
will go away
 Banks will give education loans without any
distinction of students
 Institutions that indulge in unfair practices
are dealt strictly and swiftly