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Globalising education

This refers to Rajkumar’s article (May 23) on the need for creating more world-class universities. At a time when globalisation has become the order of the day, it is sad that there is not even one university in the country recognised for its excellence abroad. Knowledge promotion must be the only objective of higher education. Research activities are next to nil in our universities. Publication of papers in international journals are few and far between. Unless universities are fully autonomous and are allowed to collaborate, we will be left far behind in higher education.

K. Panchapagesan,

New Jersey, U.S.

The article rightly emphasised the need of global universities in India. We need to develop a proper mechanism to monitor private universities and create an environment to develop more global universities.

Ashraf. K,

Delhi

Not many universities can claim autonomy and financial empowerment to function since they are either funded or controlled by the government. Consequently, they have all the aberrations of a government model devoid of innovation and initiatives that can encourage out-of-the-box thinking. The exceptions are the B-schools and the IITs. The introduction of world class universities will eliminate the huge expenses incurred by our youngsters to study abroad.

J.V. Reddy,

Nellore

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