Need to encourage higher education

India as a whole country has seen a lot of ups andearning degrees like BBA, MBA, BSc, MSc, BCA, MCA,
down, from the time it became independent. ForgetBA, MA, BMC, MMC, from the colleges of India,
about the time- period before independence, it was inmakes the student capable enough to make himself
anyways full of difficulties and where technology wasstand in the tough competitive world and make a
a word, which was not even known to people.flourishing route of success for him. The colleges
Education was a field, which was given the leastproviding higher education in India, has increased
importance and citizens of the country, barely usedinvariably. With the introduction of private educational
to send their children to schools or colleges. But, withinstitutions, the options in terms of colleges for the
the change in time and the changing ideologies of thestudents have not only increased, but the courses,
common man today, the field of education haswhich a student can opt as his career, has also
gained importance and people are becoming aware ofgrown invariably.
the benefits of being educated. The schools andIn spite of the increase in the number of colleges in
colleges of India are spreading awareness among theIndia, there are many students in the country, which
citizens of the country, and instilling the values of ando not apply for courses in higher education, either
educated nation.they directly join their family business or search for a
Though, the country has developed to a greatjob, just after completing their senior secondary
extent, the number of schools and colleges in Indiaeducation. Such cases can mostly be witnessed in the
have increased a lot and more number of studentsrural areas of the country, where still the people are
are enrolling for secondary as well as highernot aware of the benefits of education. Rural India
educational degrees. The government is takingconstitutes more than fifty percent of the total
measures to increase the number of students takingpopulation of the country. It means, that quite a
admissions in the schools and colleges of India. It hasnoticeable number of students do not apply for
also introduced various schemes, wherein the primaryhigher education in the colleges of India. This ratio
education is free and compulsory for every citizen ofsurely makes a remarkable impact on the growth of
the country. Not only this, to promote and motivatethe country.
the education of girl child, the government has alsoThus, there is a great need to motivate the younger
introduced schemes under which the school educationgeneration of the country to enrol themselves for
of one girl child of each Indian family is free. Mostthe degrees for higher education. There are colleges
importantly, before the implementation of thesein India, but what would be their use, if students
schemes, what is most important and necessary iswould not take admission in them. Therefore,
the spreading of the awareness about the reasons,awareness needs to be created in the lower strata
that why is education been referred to as anof the society. The people belonging to the lower
important element towards the development andlevels need to understand the importance of
growth of the country.education and how an educated generation can help
The graph of the country, with respect to itsin changing their lifestyle and add a lot to the financial
educational growth and achievements has really beencondition of their family. If at least, one member
fantastic, but what is still lacking behind in the citizensfrom each family of the country, will earn a
of the country, is to enrol themselves for the highersatisfactory income, then it would surely help in
education. Gaining higher educational degrees oradding to the growth of the economy as a whole.