Present Education a Falicitatre or a

Hindrance in making India a hi-tech

super power by 2020.

Points For Support:-

1)With its plurality and paradoxes, India never ceases to fascinate. And education in India
is only one among various other elements that have captured the attention of the world
While the United Nations is worried about the presence of a large number of illiterates,
various other countries are amazed by the quality of some of the human resources that the
Indian education system has produced.

2) The growth of the Indian economy in the recent past and the compulsion to sustain it is
also forcing the Indian government to accelerate the process of developing all the
branches of the Indian education system. Therefore, it would be very interesting to
understand and analyze the various structures of education in India, its present condition
and future developments.
3) Under the Gurukul system, young boys who were passing through the Brahmacharya
stage of life had to stay at the Guru or the teacher's home and complete their education.
Although the ancient system of education has produced many geniuses and still a major
area of research
4) t was hardly egalitarian. Women and people of lower castes gradually lost their right to
educate themselves
5) But it is the English language and the reformation movements of the 19th century that
had the most liberating effect in pre-independent India. Thus, the Britishers, although
rightly criticized for devastating the Indian economy, can also be credited for bringing a
revolution in the Indian education system.
6) India has made a huge progress in terms of increasing primary education attendance
rate and expanding literacy to approximately two thirds of the population.[1] India's
improved education system is often cited as one of the main contributors to the economic
rise of India.[2] Much of the progress in education has been credited to various private
institutions.[3] The private education market in India is estimated to be worth $40 billion
in 2008 and will increase to $68 billion by 2012
7) As of 2007, there are 1522 degree-granting engineering colleges in India with an
annual student intake of 582,000[6], plus 1,244 polytechnics with an annual intake of
265,000. However, these institutions face shortage of faculty and concerns have been
raised over the quality of education
8) three Indian universities were listed in the Times Higher Education list of the world’s
top 200 universities — Indian Institutes of Technology, Indian Institutes of Management,
and Jawaharlal Nehru University in 2005 and 2006.[9] Six Indian Institutes of Technology
and the Birla Institute of Technology and Science - Pilani were listed among the top 20
science and technology schools in Asia by Asiaweek.[10] While the National Institute of
Information Technologies has been renowned as the largest provider of Information
Technology training and education company in Asia and among the top 15 global head of
education.[11] The Indian School of Business situated in Hyderabad was ranked number 15
in global MBA rankings by the Financial Times of London in 2009[12] while the All India
Institute of Medical Sciences has been recognized as a global leader in medical research
and treatment.[13]

9) The Indian government lays emphasis to primary education up to the age of fourteen
years 80% of all recognized schools at the Elementary Stage are government run or
supported, making it the largest provider of education in the Country
10) The 'Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan' (Hindi: The 'Education for All' Movement, is a
flagship programme of the Government of India pioneered by Atal Bihari Vajpayee for
achievement of universalization of elementary education in a time bound manner, as
mandated by the 86th amendment to the Constitution of India making free and
compulsory education to children of ages 6-1
12)