Indian Education System - What is Lacking?
As a technology-powered network of Branded Serviced Homes conveniently located near educational institutions & workplaces, CoLive visions to manage a million homes for students & professionals with operating across 25 cities & universities towns in India.India, with anabundance of human capital andan increasing per capita income, is fast marching towards becoming one of the world’s largest economies andfurther competing with countries like the U.S. and China. Millennial’s in India believe that while the world is brimming with opportunities but however feel that they are not confident enough when they are pitted against their global counterparts.
This gaping void is slowly but surely giving way to a change in the Indian education system. One can no longer be satisfied with one’s academic achievements alone as they are fast becoming redundant in a digital economy. New skills have to be learnt each day. Set against this backdrop, International educational institutions (IEI)& innovative models of learning are now becoming increasingly popular in the Indian market. There is no dearth of examples to qualify this growing trend. Facebook’s recent investment in the Indian Education market with $50 million in Byjusis evidence of that fact and their faith in the opportunities in India.
Education as an Opportunity in India
From a statistics stand point, the Indian student population today is the largest in the world at around 315 million, of which around 120 million students are in the age group of 18-22 years. The education market in India is expected to reach over $200 billion by FY17.Currently, higher education constitutes 59.7 percent of the market, school education 38.1 percent, pre-school 1.6 percent, and technology and multi-media the remaining 0.6 percent, according to a study compiled by the India Brand Equity Foundation which was published in January 2016.
The de-globalisation wave impacting Europe with Brexit shows how we have to be self-sufficient & capable in catering to our own economic needs and clearly there is no better way than in investing for the future in Indian millennial who are rearing to become a formidable workforce. So, wheredo all these mind blowing facts lead to? We need to open at least 1,000 universities in the coming decade to cater to this spiking demand. I don’t think the solution lies in the existing education system but we need to embrace and adopt world class facilities and education systems.
Need for Globalization of Indian Education
International educational institutes have realized this trend and potential and are looking to set up their campuses or partner with Indian institutes to cater to this burgeoning Indian student population. Nearly 14percent students in U.S. universities are from India. Imagine the impact if those very same universities were to come into our own country to provide us with the same education. We would save a lot on student debts&further be able to build a cohesive education system right here in our backyard.
There are millions of Indian Millennial who harbour dreams of studying in universities like Harvard andStanford. However,despite having the true potential to succeed in these challenging assignments, it continues to be a dream simply because of the economic & cultural hurdles limiting them. Millennial strongly believe that the Indian Education System, the government & other stakeholders in the market should recognize this condition and take the necessary steps to make quality education accessible, relevant & economical.
From a statistics stand point, the Indian student population today is the largest in the world at around 315 million, of which around 120 million students are in the age group of 18-22 years. The education market in India is expected to reach over $200 billion by FY17.Currently, higher education constitutes 59.7 percent of the market, school education 38.1 percent, pre-school 1.6 percent, and technology and multi-media the remaining 0.6 percent, according to a study compiled by the India Brand Equity Foundation which was published in January 2016.
The de-globalisation wave impacting Europe with Brexit shows how we have to be self-sufficient & capable in catering to our own economic needs and clearly there is no better way than in investing for the future in Indian millennial who are rearing to become a formidable workforce. So, wheredo all these mind blowing facts lead to? We need to open at least 1,000 universities in the coming decade to cater to this spiking demand. I don’t think the solution lies in the existing education system but we need to embrace and adopt world class facilities and education systems.
Need for Globalization of Indian Education
International educational institutes have realized this trend and potential and are looking to set up their campuses or partner with Indian institutes to cater to this burgeoning Indian student population. Nearly 14percent students in U.S. universities are from India. Imagine the impact if those very same universities were to come into our own country to provide us with the same education. We would save a lot on student debts&further be able to build a cohesive education system right here in our backyard.
There are millions of Indian Millennial who harbour dreams of studying in universities like Harvard andStanford. However,despite having the true potential to succeed in these challenging assignments, it continues to be a dream simply because of the economic & cultural hurdles limiting them. Millennial strongly believe that the Indian Education System, the government & other stakeholders in the market should recognize this condition and take the necessary steps to make quality education accessible, relevant & economical.
