A survey of Indian Education System

Abstract

Lack of resources is often considered the primary cause of the deteriorating health of the education system. At Primary and Secondary level, poor pupil-teacher ratio, insufficient number of affordable schools in a given area, and high dropout rates make things worse. At the _ higher education level, very few students go for research oriented programs due to poor financial incentives and uncertain future.

R&D expenditure of India is around 0.65 % of GDP, which is way lower than that of top ten economies of the world. To make the country the global knowledge centre once again, the R&D expenditure must go up and private industries must also proactively contribute to this cause as well.