Chennai, July 11: Expressing concern at the ratio of school passing students joining colleges, Union Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal today favoured Public-Private Partnership to tackle this as the government “lacked financial resources and wherewithal to achieve the tall order.”
While the present Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) is 12.4 per cent, government’s target is around 30 per cent by 2020 and to realise this, the participation of private players and other stake-holders is important, Sibal said while delivering the First Kuruvila Jacob Memorial Oration here.
The task of achieving 30 per cent is a “tall order” and not an easy task considering that India presently had 400-500 universities and 5,000 colleges. To achieve the said rate, over 700 universities and 25,000 colleges are required, he said.
“How will that happen. Who will build them.
–Agencies