A Comparative Study of Higher Education Expansion Policy in China India高等教育 中印比较.ppt

A Comparative Study of Higher Education Expansion Policy in China India: Theory Practice SHREEPARNA ROY Dept. of East Asian Studies, University of Delhi, India The presentation is divided into 4 parts I: INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT THEORY HIGHER EDUCATION II: AN OUTLINE OF HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN CHINA INDIA III: HIGHER EDUCATION EXPANSION POLICY QUALITY OF EDUCATION IV: THEORY PRACTICE Some clarifications at the outset Why compare China India? Why not rely on statistics? Why policy analysis as methodology? Some clarifications at the outset (1 of 3)  Why compare China India? Typical similarities: *Big countries, *long history, *foreign rule, *most populous countries *similar social problems Importance in regional global affairs Spectacular economic growth rate Potential to become large forces in the world economy Both have essential strengths: *cheap labor, *large internal markets, *high industrialization Human capital required in the era of knowledge economy in the 21st century Some clarifications at the outset (2 of 3) Why not rely on statistics? Definition of terms are different [UNESCO definition: one who can with understanding both read and write a short simple statement relevant to his everyday life; China’s definition: one who can read and write 450 (In interior, 150) characters. which characters? Which words?] Quantifying method of statistics is dissimilar [A large no of Indian Muslims study in Madrasa. India is bound by law to accept them as literate. But, UNESCO does not recognize Official net enrolment rate in China overestimates students actually attending classes because it only records enrolment at the beginning of the school year] Data collection technique is different Before 1992, the official net enrolment rate is defined as the share of children between 7 and 11 enrolled in school. After 1992, no uniform definition is adopted. It varies across provinces’ (Tsui Kai-yuen, “Economic Reform and A