MaximsNewsNetwork: INDIA HIGHER EDUCATION WORLD BANK

MaximsNewsNetwork: 11 August 2009 - World Bank: India is taking steps to ensure its young people have the education and skills needed to compete for jobs, particularly in high tech industries. The country is pushing universities and colleges to improve their teaching techniques and update their equipment. International Youth Day is Wednesday (12 August).

Indias Higher Education system is not producing enough qualified engineers. To change this, the country is pushing universities and colleges to improve their teaching techniques and update their equipment.

Despite being one of the largest higher education systems in the world, Indias graduates dont always have what it takes to get a job. Particularly in the high-tech sector, where education budgets are small and equipment is often outdated.

But over the last decade the Indian government, with help from the World Bank, has upgraded and modernized universities and colleges and improved the quality of teaching.

SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. B. Kumar, Assistant Professor, Department of Printing
Anna University Chennai:
Their knowledge and confidence level has increased tremendously. Their employability is better their knowledge base is better. And because they have worked with sophisticated machines they know all the controls and know how to go about it in the streets.

Since the early 1990s, Indias demand for a well trained workforce has outstripped supply. Now, more and more, technical training institutions focus on market needs and business people use their expertise and equipment.

SOUNDBITE (English), no name
I am here right now for an analysis of this small spring which is used in brake components. I come here to study the finish and analyze the duck tail and brittle factor of the failure component.

The efforts to improve technical education also aim to bring more disadvantaged youths into universities and increase the number of female students.

SOUNDBITE (English) Sharmila, 3rd year Aeronautics Student, Madras Institute of Technology, Anna University Chennai:
I want to work in Airbus or Rolls Royce. This has been my dream since I was in 10th standard and I wanted to work in aero since my 3rd standard when I saw my first aircraft. That is all I ever wanted to do in my life.

The project, also known as Teqip, has helped train some 25,000 students each year in over 200 high tech areas, improving the reputation of many institutions.

SOUNDBITE (English) Prof. Digraskar, Central Project Advisor for TEQIP National Project Implementation Unit, Ministry of Human Resources, New Delhi:
It has resulted in a number of patents registered, number of PHDs registered, number of technical papers published. Without Teqip this would not have been possible.

In the long-term, India hopes to achieve what it did in the IT sector: become a high-tech power house and competitor on the world stage.

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