Impact of Globalization on Indian Education System

The Scenario

The educational infrastructure of India is not sufficient for itsmillions of young aspiring students. According to a survey by the National Knowledge Commission in 2009, India will need to establish around 1500 industries within the next decade, in order to be at par with the ever increasing requirement of higher education. The Indian government does not have the adequate funds to support world class education for every child in the country. Going by a general report made by UNESCO, India ranks one of the lowest in the world when it comes to quality education per every child.

Comparing the Statistics

Even a few of the not so advanced nations like Brazil, Malaysia and India are placed well ahead of India in this regard.The table below makes a critical analysis between the different countries, based on the total expenses incurred for every student in terms of higher education.

*All the expenses listed above are in dollars

The positive impact

A major benefit that India will make out of the impacts of globalisation is that the necessary foreign education to support education will be made comfortably. Apart from satisfying the issue ofenrolments, it will also encourage young professionals to pursue their higher education in the country itself. This will further contribute to saving the foreign exchange.

The Drawback

Globalisation has also witnessed several foreign universities operating within the country domains and a more are expected to come up in the near future. The drawback however lies in the fact that amongst the number of the foreign universities functioning in the country, the Indian universities will face a stiff competition and will struggle to attract more number of prospective students.

Globalising the Curriculum

There are several methodologies that are adopted in order to enhance the efficiency of the technical education.  One of them is by developing the curriculum from a common database in all the categories of education to ensure quality accreditation,strong faculty and proper financial resources.Further market intelligence is sought from reputed educational testing systems such as the CAT and GATE. Other examinations like the GRE, GMAT and TOEFL are also taken into consideration.

Global Accreditation

The educational opportunities and the risks are liberalised after considering the worldwide academic community. The massive increase in the number of universities today has caused the accreditation to be a very important factor for any particular course to be recognised. Identifying the suitable practices of regarding the networking of the accredited institutes is a major concern now.

Infrastructure as a Factor

With globalisation hitting the shores of education, enhancing the infrastructure to cater to the world class standard of education has become a top priority. The courses of the particular college or universities are made available to all the prospective students over the web. Registering for the course through an automated telephone call is also possible. Superlative quality of coaching is ensured by the application of modern teaching equipment. Consequently, the classrooms, dormitories, libraries, sports facilities are also made of international standards.