NEW APPROUCH & INITIATIVES IN HIGHER EDUCATION

The Indian Higher Education System, which includes Technical Education, is one of the largest of the world , just after the United States and China. Higher Education is the most powerful tool to build a knowledge-based society for the future. Higher Education provides people with an opportunity to reflect on the critical social, economic, cultural, moral and spiritual issues facing humanity. It contributes to national development through dissemination of specialized knowledge and skills. Being at the apex of the educational pyramid, it plays a key role in producing quality teachers for the country's education. The National Policy on Education-1986, revised in 1992 (NPE) states that in Higher Education in general and Technical Education in particular, steps will be taken to facilitate inter-regional mobility by providing equal access to every Indian of requisite merit regardless of his origins. The future belongs to India-the largest vibrant democracy in the world, teeming with opportunities. With hope in their eyes and a yearning to learn, the youth of this great nation awaits a new paradigm of education that fosters knowledge with analytical skills, logical reasoning and the ability to imagine beyond the given; that aims at transforming lives by instilling 21st century skills and stimulating lifelong learning. The commitment of the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) for the future and its steps, so far, are in this direction. Education for any person is not only a tool to enhance his understanding and knowledge of everything present and happening around him but is also an avenue for ensuring an all-round growth and development of his or her personality in all respects.