INDIA: Allow quality foreign universities - survey

Seeking regulatory reforms in higher education, the Economic Survey has suggested that quality foreign players should be allowed in the sector, reports the Economic Times. It also called for regulatory reforms to help focus on "providing honest and transparent quality ratings and information on financial costs".

The survey called for allowing "regulated entry of high quality foreign and rated domestic institutions to provide higher education". It also argued that raging the quality of educational institutions and all education service providers could be helpful for the whole sector.

Further, said the survey, there is a need to streamline admission procedures for prestigious institutions such as the Indian Institutes of Technology and the Indian Institutes of Management. "Intake should be based on entrance examinations which tests the aptitude to grasp knowledge and not the knowledge itself," the report noted.
Full report on the Economic Times site