Issues and problems in Higher Education from the perspective of India and Canada

Abstract

Globalisation is a phenomenon that is transforming the world economic system including nearly all aspects of production, distribution and other business processes. Globalisation has changed scenario of Education too. Every nation has its specific thrust areas for the development of nation depending upon the requirement of the country. Education is one of the thrust areas for the development of the country economically, technologically and politically. Education system of any nation bridges the gap between the people of different community, Caste, Gender etc. Countries have their own provision in terms of policies and practices at university level. In India there is a National policy of Education (NPE, 1986) and Program of Action (POA 1992) and five year developmental plan along with National assessment and Accreditation Council to maintain quality in higher education and at the same time to bring measures for equity and equality in higher education. Similarly in a developed country like Canada, there is Council of Ministers of Education Canada (CMEC) actively engaged for minimizing gap between social barriers like gender, culture etc. Though there is vast difference between countries like Canada and India in terms of Geographical area, Population, Language, literacy rate etc. it would be interesting to study the issues and problems faced by higher education and teacher education in particular of both the countries. In this paper authors have discussed comparative scenario of higher education and in particular teacher education in Canada and India in terms of quality input.