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‘Foreign degrees in India’ idea mooted
Union Minister of State for Labour & Employment Bandaru Dattatreya said that foreign universities must offer distance programmes in collaboration with Indian institutions to facilitate foreign degrees for students.
Union Minister Bandaru Dattatreya wants foreign universities to offer distance programmes in collaboration with Indian institutions to facilitate foreign degrees for students
Hyderabad: Union Minister of State for Labour & Employment Bandaru Dattatreya said that foreign universities must offer distance programmes in collaboration with Indian institutions to facilitate foreign degrees for students. “Distance education programmes must be offered in the country by foreign universities in collaboration with Indian institutions so that our students can get foreign degrees by studying in India itself.
Research is one area where emphasis should be laid. Joint research centres can be established by Indian and foreign varsities,” Dattatreya said while addressing the ‘Educational Excellence without Borders’, a global education summit organised by Indus Foundation here on Thursday.
The minister said that the earth’s greatest treasure lies in its human beings and the strength of a nation is its people. “Quality of the nation depends on the quality of people who in turn depend on the quality of education,” he explained.
“Education grows only when it is shared. Indian economy is transforming into an international powerhouse requiring the best possible educational opportunities for its citizens. India is a member of the WRO and has now become a signatory to the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), thereby enabling high quality educational services to be offered in India from around the world,” Dattatreya added.
Dr G Srinubabu, Managing Director, OMICS Group, said that nearly one lakh students each year go to USA to pursue their higher studies. “They spend Rs 20,000 crore studying there which in other words is contributing to their economy. It is also reported that nearly 4,500 American students came to study in India last year, which is good but has much more scope,” he said.
India has the world’s second largest post–secondary student population of around 20 million and it is expected to double over the next 12 to 15 years. India has 630 universities and 35,000 colleges. But the Gross Enrollment Ratio (GER) is low with only 20 out of hundred accessing higher education. India is far behind developed countries where the GER average is 45 per hundred. Government of India has set a GER target of 30 per cent by 2020.
During the inaugural function, Dattatreya presented educational excellence awards to reputed Indian and foreign institutions, educationists and students.The four-day event is being jointly organised by Telangana Government, FAPCCI, OMICS Group and Indus Foundation. SB Anumolu, president, The Indus Foundation, said that top 500 Indian and foreign institutions and nearly 10,000 visitors and delegates are expected to participate in the summit. Over 100 speakers will address more than 34 sessions over the course of the event.
