Scribd
Upload
46 views2 pages

Higher Education

Higher education in India has evolved with distinct streams overseen by governing bodies under the Ministry of Human Resource Development. The 415 universities are mostly state-funded, though 25 central universities receive more federal funding. Engineering, business, medical, agriculture, and teacher education are each monitored by dedicated accrediting councils. Admission to professional programs is through national exams. Most institutions reserve seats for foreign students.

Uploaded by

lekha0990
Copyright
© Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as DOC, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
46 views2 pages

Higher Education

Higher education in India has evolved with distinct streams overseen by governing bodies under the Ministry of Human Resource Development. The 415 universities are mostly state-funded, though 25 central universities receive more federal funding. Engineering, business, medical, agriculture, and teacher education are each monitored by dedicated accrediting councils. Admission to professional programs is through national exams. Most institutions reserve seats for foreign students.

Uploaded by

lekha0990
Copyright
© Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as DOC, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 2

Higher Education in India

Higher Education in India has evolved in distinct and divergent streams with each stream
monitored by an apex body, indirectly controlled by the Ministry of Human Resource
Development. The 415 universities/ institutions, are mostly funded by the state governments.
However, there are 25 important universities called Central universities, which are maintained
by the Union Government and because of relatively large funding, they have an edge over the
others. The engineering education and business schools are monitored and accredited by the
All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) while medical education is monitored and
accredited by the Medical Council of India (MCI). Like-wise, agriculture education and research
is monitored by the Indian Council for Agriculture Research. Apart from these, National Council
for Teacher Education (NCTE) controls all the teacher training institutions in the country. The
country has some ace engineering, management and medical education institutions which are
directly funded by the Ministry of Human Resource Development of the Union Government.
Admission to all professional education colleges is done through all-India common admission
tests of which the IIT-JEE, AIEEE, CAT and CPMT are the most popular ones. Most of the
institutions reserve a small percentage of seats for foreign students.
Higher education refers to a level of education that is provided at academies,
universities, colleges, vocational universities, community colleges, liberal arts colleges,
institutes of technology and certain other collegiate-level institutions, such as vocational
schools, trade schools, and career colleges, that award academic degrees or professional
certifications.

Since 1950, Article 2 of the first Protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights
obligates all signatory parties to guarantee the right to education. At the world level, the
United Nations International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights of 1966,
guarantees this right under its Article 13, which states that "higher education shall be
made equally accessible to all, on the basis of capacity, by every appropriate means, and
in particular by the progressive introduction of free education".

Contents
[hide]

• 1 Overview
• 2 Types
o 2.1 General
o 2.2 Liberal arts
 2.2.1 Performing
arts
 2.2.2 Plastic or
visual arts
o 2.3 Vocational
o 2.4 Professional education
• 3 Recognition of studies
• 4 As employers
• 5 By region
o 5.1 Africa
o 5.2 Asia
o 5.3 Europe
o 5.4 North America and
South America
o 5.5 Oceania
• 6 See also
• 7 Notes
• 8 References

• 9 External links

You might also like