Transcript Orissa higher Education vision 2020

Orissa higher Education vision 2020
(http://orissa2020.org)
Chitta Baral
Professor
Arizona State University
Goal set by MHRD: Take GER to 30%
• GER – Gross Enrollment Ratio
– Percentage of people enrolled in higher education
in the age group 18-23
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GER of India – 12.4
GER of Orissa – 13.6
GER of world – 26
GER of US and Europe – 50-70%
India’s target GER – 30% by 2020
GER of Educationally Backward
districts (i.e., below national average)
Districts
GER
ST percentage
SC+ST percentage
Nabarangpur
3.5 (1)
55.27 (4)
70.36 (2)
Malkangiri
3.9 (2)
58.35 (1)
78.34 (1)
Nuapada
6.7 (3)
35.95 (10)
49.04 (11)
Rayagada
6.7 (4)
56.04 (3)
70.32 (3)
Baudh
6.8 (5)
12.93
32.56 (17)
Gajapati
7
47.88 (8)
56.65 (8)
Koraput
8.1 (7)
50.67 (7)
64.08 (6)
Kandhamala
8.2 (8)
51.51 (5)
69.72 (4)
Kalahandi
8.7 (9)
28.88 (14)
45.89 (14)
Nayagarh
9.6 (10)
5.96
19.74 (28)
Deogarh
9.7 (11)
33.3(12)
47.91 (13)
Sonapur
10.5 (12)
9.5
31.61 (18)
Baragarh
10.9 (13)
19.56
38 (15)
Anugul
10.9 (14)
11.68
28.5 (22)
Dhenkanal
11.3 (15)
3.49
28.71 (21)
Balangir
11.4 (16)
22.06
37.45 (16)
Ganjam
11.5 (17)
2.93
20.84 (26)
Keonjhar
11.5 (18)
44.52 (9)
56.01 (9)
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Government Colleges in Orissa
Private Colleges in Orissa
All Colleges in Orissa
Universities in Orissa
To achieve 30% GER by 2020: direct
improvement needed at all levels
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Literacy of the population
Kids going to primary school
Kids going to secondary school
Young adults going to college
Young adults going to universities
To achieve 30% GER by 2020:
other factors
• Greater urbanization
• Greater connectivity
• Greater Job availability
Getting kids to School in backward
districts: a different approach
• Relax norms for 5-10 years for making private schools in these areas
– E.g. Somebody could have a school in 1-2 rooms in his/her house.
• Decide on an amount to spend on a kid for education (say Rs50/month)
– Vouchers of that amount given to parents to pay to the school where the kid is
enrolled in
• Positives
– More schools; more competition; better enrollment; more efforts on teaching
• Schools go after getting students so as to make more money
• Schools try to be better so as to get more students
– Lots of jobs as school teachers, school makers, school officials, etc.
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Literature on Vouchers
School Choice Movement http://schoolchoice.in/
Book: The Beautiful Tree by Professor James Tooley (now lives in Hyderabad)
Also a chapter in Narayana Murthy’s book “A Better India, a better world”
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– The above can be done in conjunction with and/or can be integrated into the
schemes such as Sarva Siksha Abhijan and Rashtriya Madhyamik Siksha Abhijan
Broadening the scope of model
schools in blocks: Knowledge centers
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Each model school augmented with a knowledge center accessible to the general
public after class hours and during weekend. It will contain:
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A well stocked library
An Internet lab with high speed connection and tens of computers
Meeting rooms
A small auditorium (showing educational movies multiples times week)
HR Counseling and information dissemination center
Literacy center
Center designed such that it is accessible from the school side and from outside
the school.
An MHRD joint secretary loves this idea and promises to help pilot this in Orissa
and channel it through planning commission
A double sized version of the above in towns with larger populations (say about
20K or above)
– Examples: Kamkhianagar, Malkangiri, etc.
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Future: Broaden this to Panchayat level
Now : Parallel Scheme for city localities, starting with localities near slums
– Follow the example of Bakul Library in Satya Nagar, Bhubaneswar
Government vocational education in
Orissa: current
• Vocational Junior Colleges
– Current subjects in the 231 vocational junior colleges
• Agriculture: Diarying, Poultry farming, Horticulture, Seri culture, Inland Fisheries, Crop
production
• Health & Parmedical: Medical & Laboratory Technician
• Engineering & Technology: Audio Visual Technician, Building mainetnance, Computer
Technique, Repair & Maintenance of electrical domestic appliance, R & M of power
driven farm machinary
• Business & Commerce: Accountancy & auditing, Insurance, Office management, tax
assistant
• Home Science: Creche & pre-school management, Catering & restaurant management
• Other: Textile designing, tourism & travel technique
– Eligible after Matric
– Teachers are required to have stringent qualifications
• Specialized Institutes: Apparel Training and Design Center, Tool room,
Construction academy (Gopalpur), Food craft institute, Gems & Jewelery, II
Handloom Technology, Indian Institute of Welding, Plumbing Institute, Zee
Institute of Creative Arts, NTTF Gopalpur and Kalinganagar, ITIs.
Augmenting the vocational education
• Issues
– Learning many trades/skills do not need matric pass degrees
– Teaching many trades/skills do not require degrees; requires skills
– Possibly missing trades: Quality plumbing, masonary, auto repair, landscape
design, HVAC/Refrigeration
• Proposal : Orissa Open and Skills University (supported by IGNOU and
DEC; encouraged by an MHRD joint secretary) [OOSU]
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Taking admission does not require matric pass
Teachers need not have degrees
Students go through certificates
Certificates can be added up to degrees
Start with 13 community colleges under the university; then one in each
district
– The University and the community colleges allowed to add certificates and
degrees and open centers and branches with minimal hassle and with minimal
lead time
The Open aspect of the OOSU
• School dropouts after taking some modules
can become eligible to join a regular +2
program.
• Someone without a +2 after taking some
certificates can become eligible to join a +3
program
• Etc.
Traditional Higher Education: Colleges
and Universities
• Some issues to be tackled
– Spreading higher education opportunities across
the state
– Lecturers feeling ownership of the colleges where
they teach
– Multiple Knowledge hubs (of varying degrees) in
the state
– Maintaining and improving existing universities
and institutions
Existing Universities in Orissa
Spreading higher education across the states
Spreading higher education across the state: At
least one university in each undivided district
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Cuttack
Puri
Balasore
Ganjam
Sambalpur
Sundergarh
Mayurbhanj
Koraput
Keonjhar - Central Orissa University, Keonjhar
Dhenkanal – Central Orissa University, Angul
Kalahandi – South Orissa University, Bhawanipatna
Balangir – West Orissa University, Balangir
Kandhamala – Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Kandhamala
campus
Lecturers feeling ownership of the colleges
where they teach
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No more affiliated government colleges by 2020
Universities with constituent colleges
– New metropolitan universities
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Bhubaneswar-Cuttack Metropolitan Universities
Rourkela University
Khallikote University
GM University
– New regional universities
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Central Orissa University, Keonjhar
Central Orissa University, Angul
West Orissa University, Balangir
South Orissa University, Bhawanipatna
– Old regional universities with constituent colleges
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FM University
North Orissa university, Baripada
Rest are autonomous colleges clustered geographically.
Lecture appointments are with respect to universities or autonomous colleges
No transfers outside of universities or clusters
Knowledge Hubs and Knowledge Centers: global
parameters
• Orissa’s population of 3.67 crores is the same
as that of California’s.
• Orissa’s area of 155.82K sq km is close to the
population of New York (141.3K sq km) and
Connecticut (14.356K sq km) put together
Knowledge Hubs and Knowledge Centers:
with an aim to be competitive globally
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Tier 1: An international level knowledge hub that can compete with the best
knowledge hubs of the world such as the San Francisco-San Jose area or the
Boston metropolitan area.
Tier 2: 4 knowledge hubs comparable to current tier 2 cities in India.
– At least two universities, at least one national level institution or university, multiple
engineering colleges, at least one medical college and an independent research
institute/center/lab
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Tier 3: Urban agglomerations aiming to have varied independent higher education
infrastructure such as an autonomous college that imparts Masters degree, an
engineering school, an engineering college, a university within 60 kms, and a
medical college within 60 kms.
Tier 4: Each district HQ or town with population greater than 20K with its own
knowledge infrastructure:
– A government college offering arts, science and commerce degrees.
– At least one community college.
– A Knowledge Center (library, Internet lab, meeting rooms, a small auditorium, HR Counseling
and information dissemination center, Literacy center)
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Two knowledge corridors: Cuttack-Bhubaneswar-Berhampur; RourkelaJharsuguda-Sambalpur
Bhubaneswar-Puri area as a knowledge hub:
soon to have 25 universities
Existing Universities
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IIT Bhubaneswar (*MIT*)
NISER Bhubaneswar (*Cal Tech*)
Utkal University
Orissa U of Agriculture and Tech.
Ravenshaw University
IIIT Bhubaneswar
Utkal Univ. of Culture
Sri Jagannath University
National Law University
KIIT deemed University
SOA deemed University
56 additional four year engineering
colleges, some with graduate
programs
Upcoming universities
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Vedanta University (*Stanford*)
National University (*Berkeley*)
AIIMS Bhubaneswar
Sri Sri University
ICFAI University
Jagadguru Kripalu University
Orissa Open University
National Institute of Design (?)
6 deemed university applications in
pipeline
30+ Colleges offering Bachelors in
non engineering subjects (some
offering graduate programs)
Bhubaneswar: Further steps to make it
an international level knowledge hub
• Vedanta University is a game changer and would propel this area
beyond any knowledge center in India and towards an international
knowledge hub.
• The airport upgraded to an international airport.
• Larger research centers need to be pursued and established in this
area.
– Although this area has a few research centers already, most of them
are small with at most 20 researchers. The current knowledge hubs of
the country such as Pune, Hyderabad or Bangalore, or even smaller
centers such as Indore and Alllahabad have large research centers with
100s of researchers.
– Hence, steps need to be taken to get at least one large research
center. For example, a branch of TIFR should be pursued.
– In addition steps need to be taken so that Institute of Mathematics
and Applications and the Institute of Material Sciences are taken
over by the central government.
Tier 2 plans
• Rourkela area: NIT, BPUT, 2 private engg colleges
– Needs/Aims: Medical college, General University, Research lab
• Berhampur area: BU, MKCG Medical College, PM engg
College, 6 private engineering colleges
– Needs/Aims: IIIT, Khallikote Univ, Research lab
• Sambalpur-Jharsuguda area: SU, VSSUT, Medical College, 2
private engg colleges (2 more in nearby Baragarh and 1 in
Sunderarh)
– Needs/Aims: Upgrade VSSUT to an IIEST, Research lab
• Koraput-Jepore-Sunabeda area: Central University of
Orissa, two private engineering ceolleges
– Needs/Aims: A medical college and central university as part of
the central university, Research lab
Tier 3 urban areas
• Dhenkanal, Baripada, Balasore, Bhadrakh, Kalinganagar,
Paradeep, Angul-Talcher, Bhawanipatna, Rayagada,
Baragarh, Balangir, Sundergarh, Joda-Barbil, Keonjhar,
Kendrapada-Pattamundai, Aska-Kabisuryanagar-Hinjlicutt,
Dhamara-Chandbali, Parlakhemundi and Phulbani.
• All these agglomerations except Phulbani and
Dhamara have a current population of more than 50K.
• Individual knoweldge plans for each of the above urban
agglomerations
– Varied independent higher education infrastructure such as an
autonomous college that imparts Masters degree, an
engineering school, an engineering college, a university within
60 kms, and a medical college within 60 kms.
Tire 4 urban areas
• Jaleswar, Remuna, Soro, Kantabanji, Titlagarh, Boudh, Deogarh,
Bhuban, Buguda-Polasari, Bhanjanagar, Khallikote-Rambha,
Jagatsinghpur, Malkangiri, Nabarangpur, Umerkote, KhandapadaNayagarh, Nuapada-Khariar Rd and Sonepur.
• All these towns, except the district head quarter towns of Boudh,
Nuapada-Khariar Rd and Sonepur, have a current population of at
least 20 K.
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– A government college offering arts, science and commerce degrees.
– At least one community college.
– A Knowledge Center (library, Internet lab, meeting rooms, a small
auditorium, HR Counseling and information dissemination center,
Literacy center)
Resources for the plans
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State
Private Organizations
PPP
Pursuing the Central Government:
some high priority items
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NID
NIPER
IIPH
Pushing various public sector that take Orissa's minerals and/or
pollute Orissa to contribute significantly to Orissa's HRD. Some of
these public sectors are: SAIL, NTPC, NALCO, and CIL.
Establishment of IIIT Berhampur.
Expansion of NIT Rourkela to have a medical college.
Adoption if VSSUT, Burla to an IIEST (Indian Institute of Engineering,
Science and Technology)
Establishment of a branch of Indira Gandhi National Tribal
University InKandhamala
A DOD Medical College in Balasore
Some state government priorities
• Develop and implement an improvement plan for
the existing colleges and universities in Orissa.
Create a one time fund (say 1000 crores) for this
purpose.
• Push for and monitor all the central government
related initiative mentioned
• Monitor the progress of Vedanta university
• Send feelers to other industrialists for HRD
projects.
• Pursue an IIM Calcutta campus in Orissa.
Some plan related to private
organizations
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Push Birlas to make progress on their BITS Pilani, Orissa campus plan.
Pursuse ISB for a campus in Orissa.
Push Mittal, POSCO, Jindal, Tatas for significant contribution to HRD.
Facilitate the establishment of a Xavier University by the XIMB people.
Help some of the top performing and/or unique private educational
institutions, especially in the interior of Orissa, to become bigger, including
making some of them universities. In particular, at this time following are
some institutions which should be rewarded.
– KISS (Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences) - for its initiatives to educate
Adivasis.
– GIET, Gunupur (for establishing a quality institution in an interior area where
there is none)
– JITM, Parlakhemundi (for establishing a quality institution in an interior area
where there is none)
– Silicon, Bhubaneswar (for its quality)
– NIST, Berhampur (for its quality and to cater to Berhampur area)
PPP
• Collaborate with a trust to establish an PIO/NRI University.
• Establish several medical Colleges across the state in PPP mode. The state
government should offer its larger district hospital and beds and partner
with private organizations to establish many more medical colleges. Since
not many students are able to afford the existing fully private medical
colleges (KIMS, Hi-tech, SUM) the state government can reduce the cost of
running and operating a medical college by offering its hospital, beds, its
doctors and staff. The private party then has to spend much less.
• Monitor the establishment of the private medical colleges in
Bhawanipatna, Balangir and Rourkela to which the government gave free
land and some seed money.
• Help IIIT Bhubaneswar to become a top-notch IIIT and following Andhra
Pradesh, after 5 years, establish branches of IIIT Bhubaneswar in other
locations of the state.
• Encourage private contribution to the govt. engineering colleges.
Thank You!
More details at
http://orissa2020.org