Sibal wants concrete expansion of higher education by 2020
Stressing for collaborations in the field of education, human resources development (HRD) minister Kapil Sibal said he had set a target of 30% students reaching university level in India by 2020. The current rate is only 12.4%. Presently, there are 500 universities and about 25,000 colleges in the country. There is a need of another 800 universities and 35,000-40,000 colleges to enable more 46 million children to avail college education. Sibal said while inaugurating the Indo-US summit on higher education organised by the Indo-American Society (IAS), "220 million children go to..
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