[MTC Global] [Good Read] Indian higher education is faced with a ‘trilemma’

Higher education in India holds the key to inclusive growth and reaping the benefits of a demographic dividend India is arguably bestowed with. The much contested space in the emerging Indian landscape has been witness to conflicts and debates in the wake of reform measures mooted and being implemented by the government. Navigating the Labyrinth: Perspectives on India's Higher Education, edited by noted political scientists Devesh Kapur and Pratap Bhanu Mehta, is a collection of articles written by scholars from India and abroad which deals with a range of issues and challenges Indian higher education is confronted with.

Kapur and Mehta begin with their hypothesis that

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Indian higher education is faced with a 'trilemma'—scale or size, costs and quality. They argue that only two of the three can be pursued with the remaining third being determined in the process rather than being a policy variable. For example, if the size of higher education sector is expanded by the government, cost escalation cannot be reined in unless we compromise with quality. If we want to ensure quality and are willing to step up budget allocation, the size has to stay put. They argue that India has embarked on 'massification' without commensurate rise in the budgetary allocation at the expense of quality with a substantial part of the costs being borne by students. Other than the imperative of conceptualising excellence in education in the context of India, the 'trilemma' seems to undermine the role of governance reform in improving quality.

​Source: The Hindu​

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