Sunday, 15 May 2016

Reforming India’s university sector (Mukti Mishra, East Asia Forum)

Patels in Ahmedabad demonstrate for protected access to jobs and education, 25 August 2015. (Photo: AAP)

The Jat reservation agitation has caused considerable social and economic trauma in India, especially in the national capital region around New Delhi. The agitation began as a series of protests in Haryana in February 2016 by the Jat people who were seeking to be included in the list of so-called Backward Classes, which would entitle them to certain affirmative action policies. What was striking about the agitation was the presence of many educated young people complaining about being unable to find work. This points to the urgent need to connect education to employment in India

http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2016/05/14/reforming-indias-university-sector/

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