Higher Education

Every young person who is deserving and desirous shall have access to quality higher education irrespective of means to prepare them for participation in wealth creation, leadership, innovation and fulfillment of society's needs.

• Two streams of higher education – community colleges to prepare students for skilled work, fully integrated with university education with grades transfers; university and professional education.
  
  
• Subsidies, scholarships and soft loans to all poor students to meet costs of higher education.
  
  
• 10 % marks weightage based on genuine indices of backwardness – rural upbringing, poverty, parental education and the quality of schooling.
  
  
• A system of electives in colleges promoting choice, aptitude and accountability.
  
  
• Overhaul of examination system to test application of knowledge, problem-solving ability and innovation.
  
  
• Close links with local community and industry.
  
  
• High quality, meaningful research.
  
  
• Full autonomy to universities and colleges.
  
  
• Independent, credible accreditation mechanisms to evaluate all institutions – public and private – based on standardized criteria.
  
  
• Focus on employment and placement.
  
  
• Complete transparency and rating system accessible to all students to allow informed choices.