A university students’ protest against private universities etc (File Photo)
By Prof. Priyan Dias-January 4, 2016, 9:26 am
Although I am an academic in a state university, I will declare at the outset that this is not an article against private universities. In fact, one of the benefits of private universities is that it forces state universities to do better. I am however saying that there is no level playing field between the state and private universities, to the detriment of the former. This is due to deficiencies in the state ‘system’ itself (including higher education planning and student admission); in other words, we are shooting ourselves in our collective foot. I will confine myself to three glaring disadvantages that we have foisted upon ourselves.
