Allowing FDI in Education is a path towards Direct Macaulayism.
FDI in Education: Kapil Sibal
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->CNN-IBN: Your other proposal for one unified board seems equally radical for a country that has 30 state boards. We have already heard from many states who arenât comfortable with this idea.
Kapil Sibal: No, no. I never talked about a single grading system. I talked about single grading in class nine and tenth in CBSE.
CNN-IBN: But it is this proposal that has many up in arms. We have heard from the West Bengal education ministry and even in Karnataka saying this is not the Centreâs jurisdiction.
Kapil Sibal: There is no opposition from the media. This is the first time that we are hearing some opposition.
CNN-IBN: <b>You have also called for more foreign direct investment in Indian schools </b>but many foreign investors will have trouble complying with our quota system. Is that a challenge?
Kapil Sibal: No, no. I don't think this is an issue yet. We have not even had the Bill passed in the Cabinet. As and when the framework of the Bill is set, we will have a full discussion on it like what are the systems in place to attract foreign investment in education.
<b>There are many countries in the world which allow universities to be set up. Take Malaysia for example, which has many foreign universities which impart education at half the cost. </b>For example an Australian university, which is very good, functioning in Malaysia imparts the same degree at half the cost to Malaysian students, <b>so why should our children be deprived of that? </b><!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
This "minister" (nice secularized christian term), instead of trying to help Indian universities recover from thousand years of neglect, is setting up direct foreign control of Indian education. Meanwhile, the "Media" is asking whether Foreign Universities will be traumatized by the Reservation system....
FDI in Education: Kapil Sibal
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->CNN-IBN: Your other proposal for one unified board seems equally radical for a country that has 30 state boards. We have already heard from many states who arenât comfortable with this idea.
Kapil Sibal: No, no. I never talked about a single grading system. I talked about single grading in class nine and tenth in CBSE.
CNN-IBN: But it is this proposal that has many up in arms. We have heard from the West Bengal education ministry and even in Karnataka saying this is not the Centreâs jurisdiction.
Kapil Sibal: There is no opposition from the media. This is the first time that we are hearing some opposition.
CNN-IBN: <b>You have also called for more foreign direct investment in Indian schools </b>but many foreign investors will have trouble complying with our quota system. Is that a challenge?
Kapil Sibal: No, no. I don't think this is an issue yet. We have not even had the Bill passed in the Cabinet. As and when the framework of the Bill is set, we will have a full discussion on it like what are the systems in place to attract foreign investment in education.
<b>There are many countries in the world which allow universities to be set up. Take Malaysia for example, which has many foreign universities which impart education at half the cost. </b>For example an Australian university, which is very good, functioning in Malaysia imparts the same degree at half the cost to Malaysian students, <b>so why should our children be deprived of that? </b><!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
This "minister" (nice secularized christian term), instead of trying to help Indian universities recover from thousand years of neglect, is setting up direct foreign control of Indian education. Meanwhile, the "Media" is asking whether Foreign Universities will be traumatized by the Reservation system....