Higher Education in India: Twelfth Five Year Plan (2012–2017) and beyond
Higher Education in India:
Twelfth Five Year Plan
(2012–2017) and beyond
FICCI Higher Education Summit 2012
Contents
1.
Foreword
2.
Executive summary
3.
Higher education in India: on a high growth trajectory
4.
Challenges continuing to plague the sector
5.
Twelfth Five Year Plan: strategic framework and key initiatives to address these challenges
6.
Way forward: an enabling environment is critical for equitable and quality growth
7.
Glossary
8.
Acknowledgements
9.
Team
10. About FICCI
11. About Ernst & Young’s Education sector practice 2
Higher Education in India: Twelfth Five Year Plan (2012-2017) and beyond
Foreword
The Eleventh Plan saw nine fold increase in the public spend on higher education which fueled significant inclusive expansion in the public higher education sector. The demand for quality skilled workforce and an environment for impending policy and regulatory change encouraged greater private sector participation. However, there has been no significant improvement in terms of quality of higher education delivery. The issues of skill gaps, skill shortages and unemployable graduates still persist.
The current political ramifications have pushed the reform process in higher education in to the back burner for the time being. Hence, both the government and the industry is now pooling in resources and working towards developing workable implementation strategies that will move the higher education in the right direction to take the Indian economy to a higher trajectory and meet the society’s needs. Rightly so, the Twelfth Plan focus is to strengthen the quality in the existing universities and institutions.
The FICCI Higher Education Committee too has aligned its ongoing activities and the expected deliberations in the Higher
Education Summit 2012 in this direction. Focus of discussions will be on developing the strategies required to improve quality across all
Twelfth Five Year Plan
(2012–2017) and beyond
FICCI Higher Education Summit 2012
Contents
1.
Foreword
2.
Executive summary
3.
Higher education in India: on a high growth trajectory
4.
Challenges continuing to plague the sector
5.
Twelfth Five Year Plan: strategic framework and key initiatives to address these challenges
6.
Way forward: an enabling environment is critical for equitable and quality growth
7.
Glossary
8.
Acknowledgements
9.
Team
10. About FICCI
11. About Ernst & Young’s Education sector practice 2
Higher Education in India: Twelfth Five Year Plan (2012-2017) and beyond
Foreword
The Eleventh Plan saw nine fold increase in the public spend on higher education which fueled significant inclusive expansion in the public higher education sector. The demand for quality skilled workforce and an environment for impending policy and regulatory change encouraged greater private sector participation. However, there has been no significant improvement in terms of quality of higher education delivery. The issues of skill gaps, skill shortages and unemployable graduates still persist.
The current political ramifications have pushed the reform process in higher education in to the back burner for the time being. Hence, both the government and the industry is now pooling in resources and working towards developing workable implementation strategies that will move the higher education in the right direction to take the Indian economy to a higher trajectory and meet the society’s needs. Rightly so, the Twelfth Plan focus is to strengthen the quality in the existing universities and institutions.
The FICCI Higher Education Committee too has aligned its ongoing activities and the expected deliberations in the Higher
Education Summit 2012 in this direction. Focus of discussions will be on developing the strategies required to improve quality across all