EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IN INDIA

Higher Education

Higher education in India has evolved in distinct and divergent

streams with each stream monitored by an apex body, indirectly

controlled by the Ministry of Human Resource Development and funded

by the state governments. Most universities are administered by the

States, however, there are 18 important universities called Central

Universities, which are maintained by the Union Government. The

increased funding of the central universities give them an advantage

over state competitors.

The Indian Institutes of Technology were placed 50th in the world

and 2nd in the field of Engineering (next only to MIT) by Times

Higher World University Rankings although they did not appear in the

Shanghai Jiao Tong University Academic Ranking of World

Universities.There are several thousands colleges in India, Which

provides technical education. The Indian Technical Education are

very strong these days. They are producing millions of engineers

every year.

International league tables produced in 2006 by the London-based

Times Higher Education Supplement(THES) confirmed Jawaharlal Nehru

University (JNU)'s place among the world's top 200 universities .

Likewise, THES 2006 ranked JNU's School of Social Sciences at the

57th position among the world's top 100 institutes for social

sciences.

The National Law School of India University is highly regarded, with

some of its students being awarded Rhodes Scholarships to Oxford

University, and the All India Institute of Medical Sciences is

consistently rated the top medical school in the country[citation

needed]. Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) are the top

management institutes in India.[citation needed]

The private sector is strong in Indian higher education. This has

been partly as a result of the decision by the Government to divert

spending to the goal of universalisation of elementary education.

Within a decade different state assemblies has passed bills for

private universities, and some of these universities are performing

very well these universities includes Gyanvihar university, Amity

university, Rai university and many more