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Development of Education System Kulwinder Pal, Lovely Professional University

Notes Unit 27: Privatization of Higher Education

CONTENTS
Objectives
Introduction
27.1 Access and Equity in Higher Education
27.2 Financial Crunch
27.3 Privatization of Higher Education in India: Case for and Against
27.4 The Universities
27.5 Summary
27.6 Keywords
27.7 Review Questions
27.8 Further Readings

Objectives

The objectives of this unit can be summarized as below:
• to describe about the access and equity in higher education
• to explain about the financial crunch
• to discuss about privatisation of higher education in india: Case for and against
• to explain about the universities
Introduction

Immediately after Independence there was an unprecedented linear expansion of higher education
in the country. The problem of university education was comprehensively reviewed by the
University Education Commission (1948-49) appointed under the chairmanship of S.
Radhakrishan. The report of the commission is a document of great significance and has been
the basis of all important recognition of university education item tied in post-Independence
period. One of its major recommendations was that a University Grants Commission should be
established in India on the lines of the University Grants Committee in England.- This
recommendation was accepted and a University Grants Commission was set up in 1953 and was
given a statutory from in 1956. It has assisted colleges and universities to provide important
facilities in teaching and research.
The task of designing a proper educational system in Post-Independence period was first assigned
to The University Education Commission (1948-49) for the university stage, then to the Secondary
Education Commission (1952-53) for the secondary school stage and finally to The Education
Commission (1964-66) for all stages of education. Inspect of educational expects of educational
development. Question pertaining to the appointment of the Education Commission (1964-66)
was raised from different pans. The Education Commission (1964-66) was set up it 1964 and
submitted its report in 1966 and provided a detailed plan of two decades (1966-86) of the
development of education for the country. The Commission thought over various significant
problems which affect the objectives and improvement of higher education. The Commission
took too much interest in higher education. It covered almost all aspects of higher education
and gave valuable recommendations for its improvement.

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