RE:Great article exposing the bluff of the govt
by jayesh agrawal on Sep 12, 2007 09:16 PM Permalink
Rather than playing a blame game, involving the low education standards in India compared to our counter parts in US, and blaming the government for all of it, had this discussion suggested ways out of the swamp, it would have been much more constructive. I agree that just by promising one cannot build IITs and IIMs (world class) overnight, its like building castles in air. But a possible way forward could be up-gradation of the existing excellent centers of education like the REC (regional engineering colleges) to a step higher (suggestive of IITs' stature) and institutes like NITIE (mumbai) to grades of IIMs. These institutes have been a major contributor to the growth along with the IITs and IIMs, and its time now for a revamp. There was a recent initiative by Industry stalwart Mr. Mahindra, when he proposed the up gradation of NITIE to that of an IIM (for more info read http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1119096 ). Such steps would definitely go a long way in setting and upgrading the education infrastructure in India. Another point that comes to my mind is the internationalization of the courses run by IIMs and IITs, where the intake be not only limited to Indians, but have a global intake. This will not only bring these esteemed institutes on the world map (IIMs dont even rank among top Asian B-Schools), but also result in overall "globallization" (as they say) of the economy.
