Education in india is mainly provided by the public sector, with control and funding coming from three levels: federal,state and local. Child education is compulsory. The Nalanda University was the oldest university-system of education in the world. Western education became ingrained into Indian society with the establishment of Britsh Raj. Thus India lost its native educational system.
INDIA'S HIGHER EDUCATION
Our universty systems is, in many parts, in a state of disreair in most half the districts in the country higher education enrollment are abysmally low almost two-third of our universities and 90 percent of our colleges are rated parameres..
WOMEN'S EDUCATION
Women have much lower literacy rate than men. Far fewer girls are enrolled in the schools, and many of them drop out.[62] According to a 1998 report by U.S. Department of Commerce, the chief barrier to female education in India are inadequate school facilities (such as sanitary facilities), shortage of female teachers and gender bias in curriculum (majority of the female characters being depicted as weak and helpless).[63] Conservative cultural attitudes, especially among Muslims, prevents some girls from attending school.[64]
RURAL EDUCATION PICTURE
Following independence India viewed education as an effective tool fr briging social change through community development