Foreign Universities Opening Campuses in India

Degree from a foreign university has always been a much aspired goal for Indians because it not only adds an extra feather to their academic credentials but also opens up global opportunities for them. Now, that Indian government has allowed foreign universities to open campuses in India, the dream seems to have become more achievable for most aspiring Indians. Just Careers finds more…

For the notion:

The Foreign Educational Institution (Regulation of Entry and Operation) Bill, 2010, was cleared by the Union Cabinet presided by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

This is perceived as milestone which will increase choices and encourage healthy competition and be instrumental in achieving a benchmark in quality education.

The bill seeks to regulate the entry and operation of foreign institutions, which will set up centre and offer degrees in India. The proposed law recommends eight-month time bound format for granting approval to foreign institutes who plan to set up campus in India. In these eight months, they will go through different levels of registration process and will finally get registered with UGC or any other equivalent regulatory organization that would scrutinize the proposals of aspiring institutions as per India’s Priorities and advice government accordingly.

Till now, the options for the Indian remained limited to IITs and IIMs. However, if the bill relating to the entry of foreign universities into India is ratified by the Parliament, the options for these students could receive an immense boost.

Ever since globalization has taken place, the country has immensely benefited from foreign tie ups that are reflected in the unprecedented industrial growth across all the sectors. However, the majority of the education sector has been very conservative in this regard. The result has been stagnation in higher education system whose output does not support job creation anyway. Entry of foreign universities will make our existing higher and technical institutes to rethink their teaching methodology. The intense competition from foreign universities based on their high standards would lead to better transparency, educational content, better admission procedures, improved infrastructure, and most of all controlling corruption in an unorganized education sector India.