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Tiêu đề
India: Structural roadblocks to academic reform
Tác giả
Agarwal P.; Srinivasan R.
Năm xuất bản
2012
Source title
Confronting Challenges to the Liberal Arts Curriculum: Perspectives of Developing and Transitional Countries
Số trích dẫn
1
DOI
10.4324/9780203127322-7
Liên kết
Tóm tắt
Higher education in India has received significant attention in recent years, much of it focused on widening access and ensuring equity in access. There is some interest in relevance and quality as well, due to an intensifying lack of crucial skills despite the growing incidence of graduate unemployment. Issues of relevance and quality are, however, viewed in the limited context of career training and concentrate on training students in narrowly marketable skills rather than on graduating well-rounded people. This perspective raises doubts about whether there is clarity on the objectives of higher education itself. The role of higher education in India has evolved over time. During the colonial era, it served the interests of the British. During the early years of independence, higher education was assigned the task of nation building. Now higher education provides India with a competitive edge in the global knowledge economy. It is now increasingly recognized that higher education in India has failed to align itself with the priorities for nation building and modernization, raising concerns about whether it can achieve the task currently assigned to it. This chapter looks at trends in the Indian higher education with particular reference to general education, an approach that provides broad exposure to fields of knowledge and that forms the basis for developing intellectual and civic capacities. It examines the issue of flexibility in curriculum that allows for student choice, student-centered pedagogy, and the demands for breadth and depth of study both within and outside the classroom. These elements are usually associated with liberal arts education, which is geared to building good human beings and responsible citizens and to imparting universal intellectual values that transcend subject boundaries. Liberal arts education is now seen as an essential force for building and maintaining a modern economy and a modern society. The chapter begins with a discussion of the origins of and influences on the country’s education system. It then provides an overview of secondary education with particular reference to curricular issues, following up with a review of the country’s higher education, its stated goals, existing academic arrangements, and innovative practices at the national and institutional level. Finally, the chapter draws conclusions from the country’s experience with academic reforms and provides a prognosis about the future. © 2012 Taylor & Francis.
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Taylor and Francis
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Book chapter
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Scopus