British Council, India initiated a research to understand the expansion and reform of the higher education system in India as a part of its work under the 'Higher Education' portfolio.
States in India are receiving more autonomy and hence opportunities are emerging for International collaborations in the state and private sectors. While the central government will continue to govern the central universities and institutes of national importance, a rapid devolution of authority and budgets towards the states is currently underway. These changes will affect the 97% of the higher education sector.
Given the increasingly important role state governments will play in the Indian higher education sector, we have explored international collaboration opportunities in five states: Punjab, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Odisha. These states have relatively mature enrolment ratios and relatively high intent to improve the quality of education.
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