Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has expressed dissatisfaction over the high cut-offs in admissions to centres of higher learning like the IITs, saying he is “pained” by such limits imposed on opportunities.
“Every year when I see how many hundreds of thousands of students apply for admission to these institutions, and when I see how high have become the minimum cut-off marks for admission, my heart is pained by the limits we are placing on the opportunities available to our youth,” he said.
Singh made these remarks in his address at the Golden Jubilee convocation of the IIT-Bombay here yesterday.
“As we celebrate the Golden Jubilee of IIT Bombay, we feel a sense of pride. But that pride must be tempered by the concern that we still do not have the required number of such institutions to offer adequate developmental opportunities to all our bright young women and men,” he said.
“That is precisely why our government took the initiative to expand the opportunities for higher and technical education in India,” he said.
During the last eight years, Indian higher education as well as secondary and technical education, have experienced a quantum jump in terms of investment being made and the number of seats being created for students, he said.
Keywords: Manmohan Singh, expressed dissatisfaction, over the high cut-offs in admissions, IITs, limits imposed on opportunities
Comments:
right comments by hon'able PM, NEW SYSYEM WILL CREATE MORE PRESSURE ON STUDENTS,GOVT SHOULD HAVE CRATE OTHER ALTERNATE AGAINST THE LATEST PROPOSAL.
A huge part of blame needs to be put on Cong for having minuscle amount of educational institutions in our country.IIT is still non reachable entry for almost all village/small town students.Shame on you leaders.We should have minimum one IIT for every district by now.
It seems the PM has lost all his bearings because of age, ill health or the medicines he takes. If he is up to the times he would know that only 10% of gruaduates are quality educated to land a decent job. Now with his remark with an eye more on getting votes he wants to lower even further the standards and quality of education at premier educational institutes of the country. No wonder the growing economic problems and the increasing deficits on the fiscal,trade and balance of payments
It is exactly correct comment made by the Hon'ble P.M.As the quality education is lacking for the young Indians. Hope to expecting to increase the no.of IIT's in the country soon by the P.M.
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