Save Education
The rising neoliberalism in higher education is one of the greatest threat to purity and delicacy of education not only in India but globally. It has been observed that around the world private sector activities have surged in higher education and this has some serious repercussions:
The downfall of public sector engagement in education.
Increased privatisation will push public sector engagement away from higher education. Increased funding from the private sector is slowly taking away the need for the public sector to invest in HE. Resulting in reduced efforts by the state in the development of Higher Education.
Increased focus on cost recovery.
As private universities aren't philanthropic organisations they are being established for generating profit. They will force citizens to pay for the cost and labour they input so as to provide knowledge. This, in turn, leads to a surge in student loans and other financial tools with which students can pay for their education.
My view:
This will lead to a realisation that education is a commodity. One can easily buy this commodity in exchange for money. But this realisation according to me is ethically incorrect. Education though is a capital, but capital is the right of every individual. Every individual need to have some form of capital so as to survive and stay relevant in the changing geopolitical, environmental, social, economical world. Education is the foremost right of every individual as it can lift those who don't have enough capital of any kind.
Save Education!
