Higher Education in the Era of Globalisation: A Case Study of Andhra Pradesh

Abstract

Higher Education in India is one of the largest and oldest systems of higher education found anywhere in the world. As of now there are 320 Universities, of which nearly 131 are of Affiliating Universities. Besides there are deemed universities, institutions of national importance, institutes and over 15500 colleges. The higher education system in India has constantly striven to build new college as places of culture and of learning open to all and, above all, reinforcing the theme of learning throughout life, participating in and contributing to major debates concerning the direction and future of society is seen as a major task, and a moral obligation as well, of the colleges system. India has had a long tradition of inquiry and articulation of concepts of colleges, self, role of state, economy, social order and other related matters. The methodologies adopted were subjective and objective and included observation, conceptualization, verification, articulation and teaching. The higher education system in India recognize its key responsibility in training teachers, in establishing links with teacher training institutions at other levels and in training teacher trainers. Efforts are being made to bring in teachers from the commercial and social sectors to facilitate interchange and build links with the education system. The secondary education system in India is facilitating access to the common heritage of knowledge and research. It is fulfilling its moral obligation to society in exchange for the resources assigned to it by society. Recently, a task Force on Fundamental Duties laid down in the constitution has been constituted so that the same can be reflected in the curriculum. This would also lay down a code of accountability of all takeholders in the educational system. The main objectives of the Paper are study higher education in Andhra Pradesh, to study the extent of higher education in rural and urban areas in Andhra Pradesh.