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Higher education

Sir, — In his article, `The education wars' (Jan. 8), Pratap Bhanu Mehta has rightly focussed on the increasing interventions of the Centre in higher education. Universities have been losing much of their autonomy.

A vast country with lot of diversities and disparities cannot have a single system of education. Too much centralisation will kill all initiatives.

S.S. Rajagopalan,

Chennai

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Sir, — The article should be an eye-opener to the authorities and to the academic community. It is a report on the derailment of the higher education train in the country.

A.S. Ratnam,

Cheepurupalli, A.P.

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