Foreign Universities in India will make a difference.

More than 2.5 lakh people take the Common Aptitude Test (CAT) yearly. Out of this tremendous number of people who dedicate years of their life, only 5000 can be accommodated into the top 15 premier institutes. There is only a small chunk of DESIRABLE colleges to aim for. 13 million students are ready for higher education, and only 12% of them get the proper education. In short, the problem starts where the top B-s chool, or top engineering college list ends.

PROPOSITION Responsibility of the govt. Taking into consideration all the stakeholders and issues in the debate, The crux of the issue is as follows Lack of quality education in India. India has nothing to speak of if you remove the cream of the universities. And with recent rates of student dissatisfaction, they neither have the time nor the money to create stimulus plans to expand and enhance their own college experience to the international standards. Lack of seats for the aspirants. This leads to the phenomenon of BRAIN DRAIN. Lack of faculty. IIT has been reduced to literally begging for teaching staff. Lack of money to work with. ( Failure of HRD ministry's proposal to set up a National Higher Education Finance Corporation) Lack of autonomy of universities. IN SHORT STATUS QUO IS NOT LOOKING GOOD. HOW THIS SOLVES THE ISSUEThe quality of education will drastically increase. Introduction of top notch international schools such as Harvard and Oxford in India will be a shot in the arm for Indian universities. The intense competition from foreign universities would lead to better transparency, educational content, better admission procedures, improved infrastructure, and most of all controlling of corruption in an unorganized education sector of India. This will create a huge increase in seating and provide opportunities to the youth who would otherwise seek overseas education. Statistics tell us this can save us up to 7.5billion$ of foreign exchange that would otherwise be spent by students studying abroad. The introduction of foreign universities will bring fresh minds and faculty into the nation, thus enhancing and endorsing teaching as an attractive field. The money gained from this will be phenomenal. Oxford and Harvard have already set aside a mammoth 60$ million each. Increased investment will bring in money so India can further concentrate on developing its primary educational sectors. With the foreign entries, logically there will be a Greater autonomy to Indian premier institutes .The government will be bound to adopt a broader approach. WIN-WIN

Foreign Universities in India will make a difference.

REBUTTALSFlowchart: Role of govt --> give education> not possible in status quo> MOney> NOt possible> So alternative> Foreign universities> We get money and get people educated. Rebuttals They are Exploiting. ----> The fee structure is bound to be cheaper in India. Quality-wise it may be inferior to its parent body. But far-more superior to the common Indian University. Thus it is far better a solution that to have them fly abroad. Their future contributions for the country will be in jeopardy. Moreover the fees arent exorbitant considering it will be far less than paying for the travel and tuition fees, accommodation, all abroad. The reason for the debate is the 2010 foreign universities bill. 1) Prestige-enhancing (top-50 research universities): This is the segment of universities which are not interested in India as a source of revenue. They are primarily interested in adding to their existing prestige and relevance by offering access to their faculty and students to the emerging and increasingly important market of India. For example, Harvard Business School established its India Research Center for this purpose.
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Prestige-seeking (next-tier of 100 universities): These institutions seek internationalization to build their prestige and at the same time seek opportunities of revenue enhancement. They may be open to establish campuses by themselves or in partnership. For example, National Management School has partnered with Georgia State University to offer joint-MBA program. Revenue/profit maximizing: These institutions are primarily looking for additional sources of revenue/profit by scaling enrollments. In this category, lesser known public universities engage in twinning programs but they do not have resources to start their own off-shore campuses.For example, Educomp-Raffles partnership in the area of design. Also American major universities like Yale, Stanford and Georgia Institute of Technology have announced that they are keen to set up greenfield campuses in India as and when the country liberalises education.

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