Elizabeth M King, World Bank Director Education said that the quality of education is the country is poor. Though more and more Indians have access to good education with the opening of new schools and colleges but the educational standard is still low when compared to other countries.
She said it is not so important to enroll students in schools and colleges but to check where they stand when compared to international students.
Elizabeth applauded about the quality of education at Indian Institute of Management ( IIM) and Indian Institute of Technology ( IIT ) but with a pun that they stand no where when compared to The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and University of Leeds in terms of quality of education provided in these universities.
The world Bank Director Education praised Kapil Sibal, Human Resource Development Minister for doing good work in technological innovations. She said world Bank played an important role in the Right to Education movement( RTE) in the country.
By Rashmi Priya
Kapil Sibal, the Human Resource Minister, has assured that children with all kinds of disability will be provided free and compulsory education, either in school or at home, under the Right to Education Act.
"Children with all kinds of disability will be protected under the Act," HRD Minister Kapil Sibal said, moving amendments to the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 in the Lok Sabha.
Children suffering from all kinds of disabilities such as autism, cerebral palsy and mental retardation are covered under Right to Education Act
Planning Commission Deputy Chairman [ebharat.in:profile:Montek Singh Ahluwalia] has stressed the idea of funding students instead of universities.
"Stop funding the universities and just fund the students then they go to universities that are worth paying for. I am in favour of raising the fees across the board and giving scholarship that will enable students to go to universities which actually do a good job," he said while addressing a function here to unveil a report on corporate sector participation in higher education.
Union Minister for Human Resource Development (HRD) Kapil Sibal rejected all the three candidates shortlisted by a search-cum-selection committee for the appointment of Vice-Chancellor in Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU).
The minister said that the selected candidates are not 'ideal' for the top post. According to sources, many eminent people from prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) were not considered.
