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FEATURE
Quality Assurance in Indian Higher Education

FROM THE ARCHIVES
India: The Private Sector Emerges in Higher Education

REGIONAL NEWS
Africa
Americas
Asia-Pacific
Europe
Middle East & N. Africa
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Education in India

FROM THE ARCHIVES
Indian Universities: On the Upswing

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Education in India

By Nick Clark

The Indian system of education has its roots in the system inherited from the British at independence in 1947. Although the structure left by the British provided for educational opportunities from primary school to university, the system was highly exclusive and available to only a select minority within Indian society.
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Indian Universities: On the Upswing (Spring 1995)

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Middle East : George Mason UAE to Launch in First Phase of New Multi-Campus Initiative The Investment and Development arm of the government of Ras al Khaimah (RAK), the UAE’s northernmost emirate, announced in January the launch of EDRAK, an educational initiative aimed at establishing RAK as a hub for world-class educational opportunities. EDRAK will be a joint stock company working to attract domestic and international institutions of education to the Ras Al Khaimah Free Trade Zone. The local government is a founding partner in the project and is providing much of the start-up funds. [Continued ... read full story in the Middle East section.]

Quality Assurance in Indian Higher Education

By Jagannath Patil

The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), India’s premier higher education quality assurance agency, today stands at a crossroads after 11 years assessing quality standards in Indian higher education. As an autonomous body established by the University Grants Commission (UGC) in 1994, the Council has assessed and accredited more than 2500 institutions and has gone from being viewed skeptically and suspiciously to being acclaimed for facilitating a culture of academic quality.
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India: The Private Sector Emerges in Higher Education (January/February 2002)

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