'Everyone must have access to Higher education'

Updated on: Friday, March 27, 2009

Chennai: The higher education front should focus to provide equal opportunity for underprivileged aspirants and adherence to quality, said R. A. Yadav.

Addressing the 11th convocation of Sri Ramachandra University (SRU), the Chairman of All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), Mr. Yadav said the gap in access to disciplines such as engineering and management should reduce and an action plan need to be envisaged to generate quality human resource.

Citing an AICTE-led survey that had shown gross regional imbalances in aspirants access to higher education, Mr. Yadav said that while Tamil Nadu enjoyed a ratio of 200 engineering seats per lakh of the student population, a State like Bihar had only three seats per lakh of population.

The scenario has a slight change with four southern States accounting for nearly 70 per cent of student intake. Besides, in a country with a augmenting demand for healthcare, there were only 300 medical colleges with an aggregate of about 32,000 seats, he added.

The courses had to be relevant to the needs of society and corporate world.

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