Volume 7 : Issue 1 (2020)

PRIVATISATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN INDIA: PERSPECTIVES OF STUDENTS AND TEACHERS

There is growing privatisation of higher education in India giving rise to a plethora of opportunities and challenges. The present research focuses on studying the perspectives and opinions of one of the stakeholders, namely, teachers about the effects of privatisation of higher education in India in this qualitative study. The study adopted the phenomenological method of research. The study included 32 participants from whom data were collected through face-to-face unstructured interviews. The participants were in the age group of 25 to 56 years for teachers and 19 to 22 for students from government colleges, government-aided colleges and universities and private, self-financed colleges and universities. The study found that the positive effects of privatisation of higher education in India included (a) More Access, (b) Better Facilities for Students and (c) Better Prospects for Teachers. The negative effects of privatisation of higher education in India included (a) Lack of Respect for Teachers, (b) Poor Service Conditions, (c) Poor Salary and Teacher Attrition, (d) Stressful Profession, (e) Business Model and (f) Lack of Inclusive Practices. The participants suggested that there was a need to improve Managerial &Administrative Practices and (b) Clean up Negative Influences. The study also concluded that privatisation of higher education in India has failed to enhance equality of educational opportunity.

Privatisation, Higher Education, Equality of Educational Opportunity

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