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Fall in number of youth enrolling for higher education: Vice-Chancellor

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Need to promote independent thinking among students stressed

New facility: (From right) D. Veerendra Heggade, president of SDME Society, with K.M. Kaveriappa , Vice-Chancellor of Mangalore University, at the library of Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheswara College of Business Management, in Mangalore on Tuesday.

MANGALORE: Vice-Chancellor of Mangalore University K.M. Kaveriappa said here on Tuesday that the number of youth enrolling for higher education in the country had come down.

He was speaking at the inauguration of a building of Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheswara College of Business Management and Postgraduate Centre for Management Studies and Research.

Prof. Kaveriappa said that the percentage of youth enrolling for higher education had come down from 5.6 in 1983-84 to 4.6 in 2003-04. In 1995-96 the enrolling percentage stood at 7.5. This showed that the number of youth seeking higher education had come down, he said.

This had happened despite the population of the country increasing during the two decade. The issue had to be addressed, he added.

Referring to management education, he said that there existed a gap between the industry and academic institutions. Many industries were not providing opportunities for management students to take up projects in their industries during the course. On the other hand, there was a feeling that the faculty members need to trained to produce students suitable for the industry, he said. There was also a need to modify the curriculum of management institutes to enable students to fit the industry requirements, he said.

Higher education institutes need to promote independent thinking among students and improve their communication skills. The institutes should take steps for capacity building among the students, Prof. Kaveriappa said. As a step in this direction, Mangalore University had introduced personality development and communication skills in the credit-based semester system introduced in degree colleges from 2006-07, he said.

Sushil Kumar, chief executive officer of Intelenet Global Services, a business process outsourcing firm in Mumbai, who inaugurated the building, asked the students to work hard to achieve their goal. There was no substitute for hard work, he said.

D. Veerendra Heggade, president of Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheswara Education Society, Ujire, who presided over the function, said that Dakshina Kannada had produced many banks and management professionals.

B. Yashovarma, secretary, SDME Education Society, welcomed the gathering. Devaraj K, principal of the college, S. Prabhakar, vice-president of the society, and D. Harshendra Kumar, secretary of the society, were present.

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