INDIA HIGHER EDUCATION EXPANSION – LOWER CASTES OPPORTUNITIES
August 1st, 2006
BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA, in New Delhi
OPPORTUNITIES for higher education are set to experience a sudden and massive increase in India, with the government ordering 500,000 new student places in more than 5,000 state funded universities, colleges and institutes of medical, engineering, management, agriculture and general studies.
The current Congress-led cabinet has formally approved the expansion of undergraduate and post-graduate courses over three years, and the relevant legislation is being drawn up for the Indian parliament, the Lok Sabha.
Although academics ...
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