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Shastri News - July 2009

India’s big budget expansion in higher education focuses on science and technology

On Monday, July 6th, the Indian government announced that its budget plan for 2009-10 will include a 40 per cent increase for higher education, taking the higher education total to around $3.1 billion US. Significant beneficiaries of the extra funds include the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology and the National Institutes of Technology. The budget includes provisions of Rs. 450 crore ($93 million US) to develop new IITs and NITs. The budget also includes provisions of Rs. 827 crore ($170 million US) to build a central university in each of the 16 states that lack one.

The government’s strong emphasis on science and technology is applauded by many in the academic community, but others raise concerns about the state of existing traditional universities and the lack of attention paid to the humanities and social sciences. “The best universities in Europe and the US continue to have programmes in the core areas of the humanities and social sciences,” says Shahid Amin a writer from Delhi University in The Times of India July 10, 2009. “Their remit is to train well-rounded undergraduates, not single-minded, monochromatic specialists.” Professor Shreesh Chaudhary, a teacher of English and linguistics at IIT Madras notes that a narrow focus on Science and Technology did not help the Eastern European countries emerge as global powers. Further he argues that “the Science and Technology Institutions can help create skills which, in turn, can create wealth. For using that wealth with wisdom, we need the humanities and social sciences.” (University World News, February 2009)

It is unlikely that India’s model for higher education will develop along the same path as many of the countries in the West. India’s urgent need for engineers, doctors and other specialized professional makes investments in specialized education a viable option. Yet, throughout history, India has had a strong academic tradition in the humanities and social sciences. It would be tragic if India’s rich history, linguistic diversity and thriving society were neglected by the educated Indians of tomorrow.

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