ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND OTHER MAJOR BARRIERS FOR RURAL SOCIETY TO GAIN HIGHER EDUCATION

The gateway to view the world of Higher education is the proficiency in the English language. Students are turning out into scholars, but lack of English skills is making them worried to have a degree of higher studies. In this world, hundred and millions of Indians live a simple life because the elite community prefer English. The discrimination has become very systemic such that the middle class and elite class people send their children to English private schools, whereas the poor people send their children to the government schools that teach in mother tongue. As mandated by the ruling elite, even the government jobs and universities require English fluency for getting jobs. Hence, the socioeconomic status of a person in Indian society is in line with the English language fluency. It is unconceivable that the maximum number of people in India are being troubled by the lack of English language. In India, higher education is suffering from appropriate culture and less competition and as a result, quality studies are not done. Higher education in India has a very rich history, but at present it does not seem to be effective. It is good to have quantitative growth, but the qualitative aspect is seen to be missing. Yashpal Committee has conducted a research to work on this issue and has revealed issues and recommendations for elevating higher education standards. This paper focusses on the barriers of higher education, their suggestions and Ph.D.'s quality.