Regulatory regime in education sector mooted

Updated on: Monday, August 09, 2010

The government should push for a regulatory regime instead of a control system in the private education sector so as to maintain a harmonious relationship between the managements of private self-financing educational institutions, its students and society, said Union Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi.

Inaugurating a national convention on â€˜Quality in professional education,â€™ organised by the FAMPEI (Federation of Association of Managements of Unaided Professional Educational Institutions in India) here on Saturday, the Minister said all stakeholders in the sector should reach an amicable settlement with the aim of enhancing the quality of education in the country. For this, the government should regard these entrepreneurs as an integral part of society and not treat them with hostility, he added.

Acknowledging the role of unaided educational institutions in filling the ever-widening gap between the demand and supply of quality education, he emphasised the need for more seats in postgraduate courses and specialisation trainings to address the scarcity of quality teachers in the country.

â€œOur effort is to compete with the world and this competition comes through quality. It can be sustained only with the help of the government and this needs a positive approach ensuring cooperation of all the parties,â€ said the Minister.

He also took note of the move by U.S. to rein in outsourcing of jobs to India by saying that the country had faced newer challenges from different parts of the world and called for a cautious approach towards the trend.

President of FAMPEI G.P.C Nair, who delivered the presidential address earlier, laid stress on enhancing quality so as to develop private educational institutions in the country as centres of excellence. Citing the quantum jump achieved in the segment of foreign remittances from Indian professionals over the last few years, he urged the governments to provide the requisite permission enabling them to compete in the international market.

Cyriac Joseph, member of the national commission for minority education in India, spoke on the need for quality improvement in professional education. He said this was essential for survival in the emerging globally competitive academic field and sought to bridge the existing block between the public and the private educational sectors in the country.

Those who spoke on the occasion included FAMPEI secretary-general C.I Abdul Rahiman, founder-president V. Malakonda Reddy and regional vice-president Punnoose George. The event also deliberated on the management of unaided institutions in the emerging global scenario and the various legal issues related to the sector.

Regulatory regime in education sector mooted

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