Urgent Need for Quality Medical Eduaction highlighted @ 2 days Roundtable Conference of VCS of Medical Universities at Tirupati
Airing concerns over annual drainage of Rs.100,000 crores out of country by students flying abroad for advanced studies, Association of Indian Universities (AIU) President Prof P.B Sharma implored Vice chancellors of various universities to create atmosphere of quality education at par or even better than currently offered by advanced nations across the world. Speaking at the Roundtable of VCs of Health Science Universities at Tirupati, Prof Sharma in his presidential address said a large number of bright students are going abroad for studies at a heavy cost while the government expenditure on education, including higher education, is barely Rs79,685.95 crore for the education sector for financial year 2017-18. Further, of the total outlay, Rs46, 356.25 is for the school sector and the rest for higher education. He said such a scenario has put an added responsibility on Vice Chancellors to create an environment of quality education at par or even better than currentl