Quality vs quantity in higher education

Quality Vs Quantity in Higher Education :

Does the system know its need ?

PriyaranjanLecturer

P.G. Department of EducationNorth Orissa University

Education and National development

Those persons who are making in-depth study on governance have understood that the future destiny of any country is dependent on the education of youths.-Aristotle

Importance of higher Education

Higher education and societyHigher education and productivityHigher education and economyHigher education and democracy

Higher education system

Literacy development in India.

UN Report and Our PositionWho Are Ahead of us ?

BhutanZambia

VietnamGhana

105th Position Is Given To Us On The Basis Of Data

Given By Our Government

Youth literacy

Country Year Adult Literacy Rate

Youth Literacy Rate

China 2010 95.1% 99.6% Sri Lanka 2007 90.8% 98.0%Burma 2007 89.9% 94.4% World Average 2010 84% 89.6% India 2011 74.04% 81.1% Nepal 2007 55.5% 62.7%Pakistan 2007 50.2% 70.8% Bangladesh 2007 53.5% 63.6%

Decrease In illiteracy but increase in numbers

.year Illiterate No.1951 2948.31961 3149.31971 3396.51981 3856.01991 4045.02001 3616.62010 3026.4

Illiterates of India Vs population of some country

.

USA BRAZIL RUSSIA JAPAN BRITAN FRANCE GERMAN IND ILLITERATES0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35 31.89

20.33

14.612.71

6.14 6.218.22

30.2

SOME MORE STATISTICS..

Total population of Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, South Korea and Japan is Less Than Our Illiterates’ Number…… Population of Europe is less than it.Our dropout is more than the population of AustraliaClass 5th dropout ……. Population of South Korea8th dropout is more than the population of Japan

population illiteracy0%

10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%

100%

700 112

121 31.4

INDIA

RESTWORLD

RESTWORLD

INDIA

Population V/s Illiteracy: World and India

Figures

in

cores

Number of Institutes but alone India

1396331 Schools44 Central Universities 306 State Universities

154State Private Universities129 Deemed Universities

67 Institution of National ImportanceTotal 700 Degree-granting Institutions

35,539 Affiliated Colleges

Higher Study of social Science in Odisha

Sl. No

Name of university Year of Establishment

No of RegularSocial Science Departments*

Percentage(as Compared to ICSSR subjects)

1 Utkal University 1943 14 82.35%

2 Sambalpur University 1967 8 47.09%

3 Berahampur University 1967 9 52.94%

4 North Odisha University 1998 1 05%

5 Fakir Mohan University 1999 4 23.52%

6 Ravenshaw University 2006 10 58.82%

7 Central University of Odisha 2009 5 29.41%

Scope of Study At P.G. levelSl. No

Name of university Subject wise PG seats

Education Political Science

Anthropology History Psychology Economics

1 Utkal University - 64 32 64 48 88

2 Ravenshaw University 40 48 - 16 16 104

3 Sambalpur University - 64 16 48 - 40

4 Berahampur University - 56 - 56 - 40

5 North Odisha University - - - - - 30

6 Fakir Mohan University - 16 - - - 16

7 Central University of Odisha - - 30 - - 30

Total no of PG seats(including colleges) 136 672 94 584 96 534

Obstacles of Higher education systemProblems related to InfrastructureMiss match in supply and demandLack of exposureLack numbers of facultiesLack of progressive outlook of the statelack of relevant opportunityStudent politicsBanking concept of higher education

Who needs the quality

StudentTeacherParentInstitutionState

Some Fundamental Questions

•What we actually need ? •Quality or Quantity or Both ?

•How, whom and who to assure?

SuggestionQuality inside the instituteQuantity of the instituteTransparency in systemCurriculum developmentEducation and Productivity

Thank you…