Scientific and Technical Manpower Development in India
The study aims at understanding critical issues in scientific, and technical (S&T) manpower development, and at identifying strategies to reform the system, both at the systemic, and institutional levels. While India has one of the world's...
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| Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC
2013
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/08/693177/india-scientific-technical-manpower-development-india http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14983 |
| Summary: | The study aims at understanding critical
issues in scientific, and technical (S&T) manpower
development, and at identifying strategies to reform the
system, both at the systemic, and institutional levels.
While India has one of the world's largest stock of
scientists, engineers, and technicians, it has not derived
full economic benefits from this skill base, namely due to
the mismatch/inadequacy of education, and training, and, to
the limited employment capacity of the labor market. The
main problems facing the higher S&T education system are
reviewed, focusing on the over-centralization of statutory
bodies, vs. lack of autonomy, and accountability by
institutions; resource constraint and wastage; program
structures, and content, irrelevant to changing market
needs, and the increased economic liberalization in India;
difficulties in retention of S&T faculty members,
largely due non-competitive pay; and, regional disparity in
the availability of educational facilities. The study
presents a strategy for reforms in S&T education, which
include decentralization of authority to empower individual
institutions, towards an accountable management system. This
would require mobilization of additional financial
resources, and the establishment of effective quality
assurance mechanisms to ensure excellence, for the optimal
utilization of intellectual, and knowledge resources. |
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