{"id":27499,"date":"2018-10-23T14:27:14","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T08:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=27499"},"modified":"2018-10-23T14:27:14","modified_gmt":"2018-10-23T08:57:14","slug":"an-education-that-is-in-sync","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/an-education-that-is-in-sync\/","title":{"rendered":"An education that is in sync"},"content":{"rendered":"

An education that is in sync<\/a><\/p>\n

Article:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. R.B. Grover and HomiBhabha has discussed the importance of \u201cgeneral and specialized education in India.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Important Analysis:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. All India Survey on Higher Education reports says, the Gross Enrollment Ratio (GER) in higher education has increased to 25.8 % in 2017-18 compared to 10 % in 2004-05.<\/li>\n
    2. About Gross Enrollment Ratio:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Gross Enrolment Ratio determines the number of students enrolled in school\/college at several different grade levels.<\/p>\n

      It is the ratio of students enrolled in a given level of education regardless of age to the population of the age group which officially corresponds to the given level of education.<\/p>\n

      In India, for higher education it is calculated for age group of 18-23.<\/p>\n

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      1. According to survey, in India, GER in higher education is 30 % which is quite impressive but still less than the developed nations.<\/li>\n
      2. According to Author, debate on higher education should be focused on content of Higher Education rather than autonomy and governance.<\/li>\n
      3. Recommendations of Radhakrishnan Commission Report (RCR) published in 1949-50 on Indian University Education which is still relevant in present scenario.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        General and Professional education – advocated that general education (Arts and Humanity) and specialised\/professional education should proceed together.<\/p>\n

        Education of language should be given equal importance to enhance communication skills.<\/p>\n

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        1. Similarly, the National Academic Press (NAP) of U.S in its report \u201cBranches of the same Tree\u201d has talked about the purpose of Higher Education which should include:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          The integration of Humanities and Arts with Sciences, Engineering and Medicine in Higher Education.<\/p>\n

          Acquisition of knowledge, skills, written and oral communication skill, ability to work as a team, ethical decision making and critical thinking which helps graduate to make balance between work and life.<\/p>\n

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          1. NAP has also acknowledged few challenges such as<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            Interdisciplinary Specialization (Academic) has resulted in many developments but problem arising are multi-disciplinary. Such as balancing demand of energy on a large scale with continue supply of energy in an environmental friendly approach.<\/p>\n

            Due to advancement in technology, professional must study the impact of innovation influencing everyday life such as privacy and technology-driven social changes.<\/p>\n

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            1. Study has revealed, integration of Humanity and Arts with Science has resulted graduates with increased critical thinking ability, deeper learning, higher creativity and improved communication skills.<\/li>\n
            2. Reality existing in India:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

              Higher education in India is not yet prepared for integration of general education with Science.<\/p>\n

              Missing General education plan from most university affiliated Science colleges.<\/p>\n

              Single stream institutions (Focused on single subjects) further eliminate the possibility of integrated study.<\/p>\n

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              1. Primarily the focus of undergraduate education should be on general education and specialized education can be introduced at postgraduate level.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                An education that is in sync Article: R.B. Grover and HomiBhabha has discussed the importance of \u201cgeneral and specialized education in India. Important Analysis: All India Survey on Higher Education reports says, the Gross Enrollment Ratio (GER) in higher education has increased to 25.8 % in 2017-18 compared to 10 % in 2004-05. About Gross… Continue reading An education that is in sync<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[555],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-test-1","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704810460},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27499\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}