The document discusses issues and challenges facing higher education in India. It notes that while India has a large young population, higher education quality does not meet global standards. It identifies emerging issues like student protests, low funding, poor research, and faculty shortages. Challenges include focusing too much on problems rather than solutions, mismatches between supply and demand, and proliferation of low-quality private institutions. Solutions proposed include making curricula more dynamic, increasing teacher pay, strengthening industry partnerships, and implementing a fair quality assurance system.

1. Presented by
Sanal Suraj
(166)
Higher Education in India: Issues and
Challenges

2. Introduction
 India’s huge pool of young people might be
considered its biggest strength. After independence
there is a remarkable growth in the higher education
system of India offering education and training in
almost all aspects of human creativity and intellectual
endeavour.
 However, the overall scenario of higher education in
India does not match with the global Quality
standards.
 We need an educational system which is liberal,
modern and can adapt to the ever changing needs of
the changing world.

3. Objectives
 To study and analyze the emerging issues of
present higher educational system.
 To analyze the Challenges of present higher
educational system in India.
 Suggestion to improve higher education system
in India in future

4. Emerging Issues
 The participation of students in demonstrations,
strikes, processions, setting libraries on fire,
damaging laboratories and university properties.
 Economic difficulties.
 Low expenditure on Higher Education.
 The poor performance of the universities in
research.
 Shortage of faculty and poor infrastructure.
 Political interference.

5. Challenges
 Too much time spent on assessing the problems,
rather than finding tangible solutions.
 Miss match in supply and demand.
 Mushrooming of low quality, money making
Institutes.
 Ineffective Foreign Education Providers Bill.
 Lack of relevant opportunities and project based
learning.

6. Solutions
 Make the curriculum Dynamic not Dogmatic.
 Make the Teachers feel worthy, pay them
more.
 Make the Private Institutes for profit, not non-
profit.
 Industry Interaction a Placement Obligation:
 Use the power of the Alumni:
 Fair Quality Assurance System

7. Conclusion
 India has depth of talent but this talent need to be
harnessed and give proper education for our
better future.
 If India has to do better and make our Make In
India success, India needs a comprehensive
policy, with no interference from politics and
personal agendas .
 We need to make things in India better like better
infrastructure of educational institute so that the
talent don’t go out and remain in India.