PRESENTATION

ON
BOOMING EDUCATION SECTOR IN

INDIA

PRESENTED BY:
SHUJA QAMMER SHAH
ROLL NO: A 03
MBA (IT)
EDUCATION
 Education refers to the process of learning and
acquiring information. Education can be divided
into two main types:
 Formal learning
 Self-taught
TYPES OF SCHOOL IN INDIA
 Government schools
 Private schools
 Corporate schools
 Military sponsored
ELEMENTARY EDUCATION IN INDIA
 86th Constitutional Amendment Act (December
2002) making education a fundamental right for
all children aged 6 to 14 years
 80% of all recognized schools at the Elementary
Stage are government run or supported,
 The District Primary Education Programe
(DPEP) was launched in 1994 with an aim to
universalize primary education in India.
PRESENT STATUS OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN INDIA (2008-09)

 Universities (approx) – 460

 Colleges (approx) - 20,000

 Students (approx) – 14.5 Million

 Indian Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) (approx) 11%

- GER – World Average 23.2%
 Developed Countries 54.6%
ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION
 Only 6-7% of eligible population aged 18-23 years enters the higher education
stream in India, whereas in
 USA : 89 %
 Australia: 80 %
 France: 50 %
 UK: 43 %
 China : 10.5%
 Hong Kong: 18 %
 Singapore: 21 %

 In developing countries like

 Indonesia: 11%
 Thailand: 19%
 Brazil : 12%
LITERACY IN INDIA
 Literacy rate for 15-24 year old (both female
and male) in 2007 - 82.1% 
 Literacy rate for 15-24 year old, men in 2007 -
86.7%
 Literacy rate for 15-24 year old, women in
2007 - 77.1%
INDIA’S PRIVATE EQUITY MARKET IN EDUCATION

 Highly attractive with an estimated $55

billion market for private institutions.
Over$430 million has been invested in
Education ventures since 2008, and more
than $800 million investment is being
planned over the next 12 months
EDUCATION A KEY PRIORITY FOR INDIA’S GROWTH

 Education is a necessary ingredient for social and

economic progress in India. The country’s
minister of human resources development, Mr
Kapil Sibal recently said that he hoped to attract
some of the leading education institutions of the
West to India.
OPPORTUNITY FOR PRIVATE SECTORS
 India faces a backlog of 2,00,000 schools to
accommodate students and provide easy access
to education for all children.
 This shortage of schools may lead to the
government opening up owning of schools to
private players, thereby enabling them to make
profits
CONT…………
 According to current estimates, 80% of all
schools are government schools making the
government the major provider of education.
 However, because of poor quality of public
education, 27% of Indian children are privately
educated.
PRIVATE SCHOOLS – MEETING THE DEMAND FOR QUALITY

 There are approximately 50,000 private schools

in India. A majority of these schools are present
in the urban pockets and cater to more affluent
classes. The parents whose children are studying
at these schools expect a higher standard of
education and have comparatively higher
expectations from these schools in terms of
infrastructure, facilities and courseware
PROGRESS IN EDUCATION
 India has made a huge progress in terms of
increasing primary education attendance rate and
expanding literacy to approximately two thirds of
the population.
 The private education market in India is
estimated to be worth $40 billion in 2008 and
will increase to $68 billion by 2012.
 
UNIVERSITY EDUCATION

 This massive system of higher education in India

constitutes of 342 universities (211 State, 18
Central, 95 deemed universities) 17,000 colleges
and 887 polytechnics.
 Indian Education system offers distance education
to those who cannot join regular schools or
colleges. National Institute of Open Schooling
offers school education through distance learning. 
CHALLENGES FOR PE IN EDUCATION IN INDIA

 Regulation

 Govtpolicies
 Huge investment