Swami Vivekananda said, “Education is not the amount of information
that is put in your mind and runs riot there undigested all your life. The use of higher education is to find out
how to solve the problems of life.” According to Swami Vivekananda “ A nation
advances in proportion to education and intelligence spread among masses. It
can help India to grow into her full potential as a strong united nation with
strong moral and cultural values”.
Higher Education in India is one of the most developed in the entire
world. There has in fact been considerable improvement in the higher education
scenario of India in both quantitative and qualitative terms. The governance of
the Indian Higher education sector is changing. Like the Indian economy
underwent a liberalizing in the 1990s, the education system is gradually being
opened up for change and decentralization. In particular, the federal and state
governments are gradually giving higher education institutions more decision
and spending power
Promising future: Radical
Departure from Affiliated to Autonomous Colleges
Autonomy in principle enables a college to develop and propose
programmes that are considered relevant by that college, to its immediate
environment as well as the country as a whole. In other words, a college should
be able to identify the aspirations of the community that is around it and
effectively translate those aspirations into a viable academic programme. The
teacher himself / herself will study the individual and social needs, and based
on the feedback from the industry, employers, faculty, students and current
status of technology, will arrive at the course of study and design the
curriculum in order that every student is well informed of the recent
development in the discipline of his choice, is capable of self - learning,
reasoning and is creative. A substantial qualitative development in the
students’ attitude, basic improvement in discipline, better staff and student
interaction and higher employability are some of the key benefits of autonomy.
Budget 2015: Focus shifts to
higher education
By 2020, the Indian government aims to achieve 30% gross enrolment in
higher education, which is currently as low as 18%. But in the present scenario
there is a great demand of higher education .The good thing is that it is a
ripe time for higher education which is very much evident in the budget
2015.The Union government has decided to invest 22% more on higher education
and subsequently it will lead to better jobs requiring better qualified people.
Need for a Single Entrance Exam
The one confusion that stupefies a student at 10+2 or undergraduate
level is that, to which all college entrance exams he/she shall should appear.
Many a times some exams come out to be at such intervals that it hampers most
of the attempts. Plus the traveling to far off places for appearing and
preparing for all, differently, adds to the opportunity cost. But once you have
an option to give a single exam that covers most of the colleges you desired,
its obviously prudent to refrain from appearing in zillions of exams. ERA
foundation has revolutionized the education arena by introducing Uni-GAUGE EMeD
common entrance examination which provides a single gateway to students to
apply to different universities. Candidates seeking admission to B tech, BE,
MBBS and BDS courses now have the facility to write a single entrance exam and
seek admission in universities like MS Ramaiah University,Kolar's Sri Devraj
Urs University. It adds to the convenience of the students focusing on
providing quality education. All the participating universities of Uni-GAUGE
EMeD are well reputed leading institutions.
The Uni-GAUGE EMeD examination will be held on 26th April
2015.Candidates can visit the website www.erafoundationindia.org for more
details. Candidates can also call the toll free helpline number 1800-103-4791
Registrations are open for the same; the last date of application is
4th April 2015.
