Indian Education Sector Research Articles

A REVIEW ON THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON EDUCATION SECTOR IN INDIA

A REVIEW ON THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON EDUCATION SECTOR IN INDIA

IMPACT OF DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS GENDER AND NUMBER OF YEARS OF ERP POST IMPLEMENTATION OPERATIONS ON USER PRODUCTIVITY: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY IN HIGHER EDUCATION SETTINGS, IN INDIAN CONTEXT

The findings from review of extant literature indicated that the actual impact of ERP is generally seen and felt by an organizations during its post implementation stage. It is in this stage that the organizations commence on their journey of using the ERP systems, and start relating to its utility for the activities and processes being carried out by the employees. It is therefore, essential for the organizations to effectively manage the performance of the ERP system in the post implementation stage to deliver expected benefits to the business. Accordingly, it is important to study and understand various influences prevailing upon the ERP system during the post implementations stage and use the knowledge to ensure better managing the deliverables of ERP systems, therein. Evidence from the past studies suggest that the different business settings have varied notable influences on the ERP implementation across phases. The Higher Education Sector in India is growing at a pace, seen never before, and the need to respond to competition pressures, student acquisition, renewed needs of students, and other stake holders, regulatory impositions by the government, globalization. These are few of the many reasons prompting the Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) to consider and implement solutions to help them respond to these changing needs so as to better deliver stakeholder’s expectations and satisfaction. Productivity of users in the ERP post implementation stage plays an important role in ensuring performance and success of the ERP systems. Guided by the above observations, this paper, through an empirical study, investigates the influence of gender and the period of ERP operations post its implementation, on the productivity of users, across higher education institutions, in an Indian context.

Indian Education System in Fight against COVID-19 Pandemic.

The Coronavirus pandemic and therefore the ensuing lockdown have forced schools and colleges across India to temporarily shut and this unprecedented move had created an enormous gap within the education bodies despite the central and government doing their best to support for e-learning and online education. Globally, the Indian Education sector is amongst the largest, with an extensive network of more than 1.4 million schools and 993 Universities, 39931 Colleges, and 10725 Stand Alone Institutions listed on the AISHE web portal. As the Indian education system was mostly based on the offline system and classes. Most of the primary and secondary schooling sector was all based on offline education system has to opt the online classes for empowering the education and for the benefits of the students. Many schools within the country have switched to online classes due to the lockdown, but one in four students is unable to attach because they don’t have a laptop, desktop, or tablet, consistent with a survey by economic times.

Missing women in Indian university leadership: Barriers and facilitators

Gender diversity and equality in the workplace has been much researched and spoken about in the corporate sector but the higher education sector in India remains largely untouched by it, probably because women seemingly far outnumber men in the teaching fraternity. However, data also suggests that most women in the higher education sector remain restricted to middle-ranking posts, rising as high as heads of department, deans, controller of examination and even registrars but hardly ever becoming vice-chancellors. In a sector which has traditionally attracted many women as their preferred career choice, lack of an adequate talent pool cannot be the answer. This paper is a study exploring the barriers and enablers for women academicians’ ascent to leadership roles. It also presents strategies to close this gap and facilitate pathways for women to hold leadership roles in Indian universities. This paper is one of the first few on women’s leadership in Indian universities.

REVIEW OF THE EXPANSION OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN INDIA: CARDINAL CONCERNS IN THE TRAVERSE

The origin, evolution, and growth of the Indian education sector have been phenomenal. The Indian higher education system presently faces multiple challenges for its growth and expansion in the direction of meeting the demands of the country. The competition among higher education institutions has been a global challenge in terms of equity, access, quality, relevance, globalization, and privatization. The aim of this review paper is to critically examine the potentiality of expansion of higher education in India and the ability to overcome its challenges to emerge as the best destination for the world-wide scholars to pursue their higher education and build a robust career in research in India.

A Paradigm Shift in Teaching and Learning: An Overview of the Pre COVID and Post COVID Scenario in the Higher Education Sector of India

The current pandemic scenario has suddenly changed the definitions, models and structures of all fields of life, the education sector being no exception. All the stakeholders of this sector- the governments, administrations/managements of the institutions, the teachers and lastly and most importantly the students, who are at the receiving end, have found themselves grappling with the situation, trying to find the best solutions to continue the teaching learning process in the best way possible. Countries all over the globe are dealing with the existing situation in different ways. While in some countries online/digital education was already an established norm, in some others- specially the developing countries, the concept is relatively new and shall take some time to integrate into the conventional modes of disseminating education. The current paper, however, attempts to present an overview of the higher education sector in India-- the pre-COVID and post-COVID scenario as far as the digital initiatives taken by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India are concerned. The MHRD and the government of India had already started taking steps towards digitalization of education in the higher education sector and those initiatives have only got a stimulus in the current lockdown situation due to the pandemic. The University Grants Commission- which is a statutory body under MHRD, charged with coordination, determination and maintenance of standards of higher education- has been issuing fresh guidelines and directives to the universities of the country for incorporating various programs to encourage online teaching and learning. Training of teachers in various ICT enabled Learning Management Systems under various schemes, making students aware of various digital platforms of learning, directing state governments and institutions regarding making use of the various applications for learning etc. are, to name a few, the steps taken by the government of India in the current situation. All these programs and initiatives shall certainly have a bearing on the future course of education in the country as well, because by the time the pandemic situation is over- the digital/online education shall have become a ‘new normal’ across the country

An Empirical study on factors affecting adoption of online education

COVID—19 pandemic has significantly disrupted the education sector in India and due to that there are abrupt changes occurred in various areas of education. The lock down has seized the education institutions which caused major interruption in students' learning and their assessment. Majority of academic institutes have started online education for the benefits of students. Developing countries like India where still the classroom teaching is the best medium of education and online education is at the initial stages. It is difficult for the various stakeholders to switch from classroom teaching to online education due to the mindset and various infrastructure concerns. Present study aims to investigate the various factors which are affecting adoption of online education among UG & PG college students. Online survey of 250 students has been conducted with the help of a structured questionnaire. Exploratory factor analysis and Confirmatory factor analysis were used to identify the factors; Infrastructure and Technology dimensions, students' related dimensions, faculty's related dimensions, facilitating dimensions, social influence dimensions, effort dimensions, perceived usefulness, performance expectations dimensions and security & risk dimensions. The study discusses the practical implications of these findings.

Web and Social Media Approach to Marketing of Engineering Courses in India

The Indian software industry is competing with the developed world counterparts and the same is true for other sectors like civil, chemical, mechanical and electronic equipment, etc. This success of the Indian industry is attributed by the vital input of the engineering education. The engineering education sector in India generates a storing pool of engineers for the industry. On the other hand, the higher education sector is taking a paradigm shift in India with many private universities and colleges coming into existence. These colleges are having a tough challenge to satisfy student's interest, while maintaining good infrastructure, good number of students, superior faculty profiles and excellent linkages with industry. The present work illustrates the current scenario of engineering education in India including the closure of a number of courses and colleges due to industry and market constraints. Creative skills used by private colleges to improve their marketing and advertising efforts include the analysis of their own websites and social media, tracking third party websites and then planning the content accordingly. All these web and social media trends have been presented in this paper considering the present day engineering education scenario. Challenges and opportunities available for this web and data analytics approach have also been presented in this work.

Financial Technology and its Scope in Higher Education - A Study with Reference to India

Financial Technology or FinTech means application of technological innovation in financial practices. FinTech came in a big way during the financial crisis of 2008 which led to the necessity of new ways and means of exchange as people had grown skeptical of banks, similar financial institutions. Thus as the proverb goes 'Necessity is the mother of invention' there occurred a host of unique and user friendly technologies that revolutionized the world of finance. Given this the Education sector in India is currently undergoing a huge surge in demand with Indian Higher Education system being the third largest after US and China. The present paper tries to present the need and scope of adopting the FinTech in the Higher Education sector of India. Using secondary data the paper tries to explore the scope and ways of introducing FinTech in the Higher Education system in India.

Cost Governance in Education Sector in India - A Case Study of a Higher Educational Institute

Indian education sector is almost the largest in the world. Due to demand of quality education private sector and foreign universities also have entered in this arena. For the existence and development of every institution cost governance is required for effective management because proper use of cost governance increase the cost compliance. Through a case study of higher education institute in Calcutta we have tried to review how the college authority voluntarily follows the 'Guidelines Note on Cost Management in Educational Institute' issued by the 'Institute of Cost Accountants of India' by properly utilizing expertise of a CMA (Associate Professor).

Creating a “Nalanda” for the New Millennia

Higher education is all about people and management. The success of the higher educational institutions revolves largely around the quality of the research and the faculty. This emphasizes the need of a strong financial base to deliver a quality education to students. In the present scenario, which is characterized by intense information flow, dynamism, progress, growth, and continuous challenging environment, the higher educational institutions hold an important place. The present study focuses on exploring the relationship between human capital management and human resource development (HRD) climate. For the research purpose, two universities, University of Jammu and University of Kashmir, have been taken. The model derived by applying a confirmatory factor analysis in the present research study depicts a linkage between human capital management and HRD climate, and if applied in the institutions of higher education by customizing according to their needs and requirements, it would help in attaining the vision as perceived by Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry for 2030 in attaining overall excellence in higher education sector in India. So, it is very important to develop research focused universities with community participation which could deliver high quality research output and research focused graduates and lead to creating a NALANDA for the new millennia.

A study on good governance in controlling corruption in education sector in India

Corruption and poor governance practices go hand in hand. The more the loop holes present in government policies, the more flexible and adaptable it becomes for the people to exercise their capacity of power and money in an unauthorised and illegal way leading to the destruction of the main ethics of education by exploiting the general public through encouragement of various malpractices like bribery, nepotism, fraud, and favouritism. Ultimately, this situation violates the rights of the deserving people as well as affects the society and economy of the country. Therefore, there is an urgent call for enforcement of good governance practices which can curb the corrupt activities in education sector. This study has been conducted with the objective to understand the concepts of 'governance' and 'corruption' and also to study the role of good governance practices in controlling corruption in Indian Education System by proposing a tentative model between the two.

A study on good governance in controlling corruption in education sector in India

A study on good governance in controlling corruption in education sector in India

Alternative media and gender communication in the higher education sector of India with special reference to Visva-Bharati

Alternative media and gender communication in the higher education sector of India with special reference to Visva-Bharati

An Analysis of Public Finance on Education Sector in India

Indian education system is in the mode of massification. Paucity of Finance and quality crunching education sector is a policy discourse today. Joint responsibility of central and state governments for educational development came into existence with the recommendation of Kothari Commission (1976). But, even after many decades, we have not achieved the targeted level of education. This study focuses to examine the trend and pattern of expenditure of central, state and union territories governments on education sector of India. In addition to that paper tries to study the budgetary provision for the education sector by the central government under different five year plans in India. This study is based on secondary data collected mainly from Ministry of Human Resource Development, GoI. The assessment years for the study are from 2000-01 to 2018-19. The study found that due to the policy impact of decentralisation the role and responsibility for financing education in the hand of centre declined and state increased after 2001. The study also reveals that government funding on primary education has become top priority over the years in relation to secondary, higher and technical education. The combined public expenditure incurred by both central and state governments on education hovering around three to four percent of GDP since 2001. There is a need to increase spending on India’s education sector beyond six percent of Gross Domestic Product and per capita expenditure on education should also grow.

Private Equity in Higher Education Sector in India- Need of the Hour!

Setting up of an educational institution is not easy and requires a lot of regulatory formalities to be completed before opening and during its operations. If it is shut down within initial phase it is painful as well as legally difficult to close it, especially in India. It has been observed that a significant number of academic institutions of technical higher education have been shut down by the promoters due to lack of financial viability, lack of knowledge of about the business, poor management, and other social factors. The present study is an attempt to find out the reasons of mass failure of many technical higher education institutions and to suggest a unique financing model in order to ensure the quality of education and long-term benefit for the promoters by maintaining financial discipline.

A reflection of Indian higher education system: An academic labour market perspective

The education sector significantly affects the economic, political and social development of any nation and is a key to enhance country’s competitiveness in the global economy. Higher education is critical to India’s aspirations of emerging as a major player in the global knowledge economy. This paper takes a comprehensive look at the various stages of growth of higher education in India. It also examines the degree to which a labour market for academic staffs has developed in Indian education sector and explores its implications for academic professionals, their careers and work. It analyses the key elements and characteristics of this market. The paper draws and builds on findings from official national data and also evidence-based reports subject to secondary analysis. In conclusion the paper argues that there is a degree of insularity in the Indian academic market.

National Institutional Ranking and Institutions of Eminence

The National Institutional Ranking Framework of the Ministry of Human Resource Development shows that institutions funded by the Central Government occupy the pride of place in the higher education sector in India, followed by state universities and then by private universities. Autonomy, internal democracy, emphasis on merit in appointments and admissions, flexibility in administration, ability of faculty to attract research grants, etc. are pre-requisites for eminence. These attributes, which are worth fighting for, exist to different extents in centrally funded institutions. It is unfair to treat public and private institutions as two separate categories of equal importance for identifying Institutions of Eminence. Private universities need to be encouraged, but not at the expense of publically funded institutions which have done the nation proud and are acclaimed in India and abroad.

Conceptualizing university-industry linkages in resource-constrained environments

This article problematizes the conventional models of U-I linkages by pointing to the fact that they assume a resource-abundant context in which research funding is not a constraint. While such an assumption generally holds true in developed countries it is unlikely to be the case in the context of developing nations. Paucity of research funding leads to a situation where universities possess few formal intellectual properties such as patents and copyrights. The conventional U-I linkages that are predicated on explicit knowledge are therefore generally absent in developing countries. The article argues that it is possible for universities to develop productive linkages with the industry even in resource-constrained environments (RCE) by leveraging their human capital and knowledge assimilation and dissemination capabilities. The article presents several case illustrations drawn from the higher education sector in India. The Indian case suggests that while conventional university–industry (U-I) linkages are not prevalent in the country, there are other forms of university and industry collaborations that have been largely ignored in the extant literature.

Performance Evaluation of Indian Education Sector using Interpretive Structural Modelling

In twenty first Century, the performance of the service sector is much prominent than that of the other sectors comprising to the GDP of any country. The productivity of the service sectors of any country is dependent on type of the sectors, their culture, venture capital and availability of the skilled workers. The research paper highlights the different factors affecting the service productivity in different countries with different sectors. The paper also emphasizes the various techniques used to measure the performance of different service sectors. Finally, the paper attempts to propose a unique measurement methodology of a target sector for a specific country with some meaningful extracted key factors.