Context: Making our colleges better cannot be legislated from above but should be spurred by student ambition. The walls between our classrooms and our lives must be broken.
Background: Global QS ranking with just 12 Indian universities and institutions in the top-100 presents a better opportunity to acknowledge that many colleges are offering higher education but are not very good.
Reason Behind Poor Performance of Institutions: a strong link between education and career prospects.
Way Forward: Ensure system-wide organic growth in opportunity from below through involvement of following stakeholders-
Conclusion: Students must aim to relate their learning to society and must-see their learning not as an obstacle course leading to a rubber stamp but as an initiation into a process that yields tangible long-term value.