International Journal of Physical and Social Sciences
  • Year: 2016
  • Volume: 6
  • Issue: 1

An importance of higher education – an Indian perspective

  • Author:
  • R. H. Pavithra
  • Total Page Count: 11
  • Page Number: 145 to 155

Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Karnataka State Open University, Mukthagangothri, Mysore

Online published on 21 April, 2016.

Abstract

Education plays a very important role in our lives. There is a rapidly growing demand for the higher education in the world today, Although higher education is not-so easy to receive, the rewards of self-improvement, job insurance, development of character, and social improvements. We learn skills like problem solving which would teach us to figure things out for ourselves. Knowledge is a very powerful thing that can change the lives of peoples with a higher Education it insured that people will have a better paying job, They like being able to invest money on higher Education so that they would get a better job and also gain more knowledge and become more powerful and come out with a strong mind, Higher education strengthens and the individuals to act boldly, where ever they go with good knowledge, Education not only plays an important role in our lives, it also has a role in the progress of an individual's mind and country, The major restricted-zones in the developing countries are ignorance and poverty, These can be overcome easily through education, No country will ever look back if the people are fully educated, have some income to support their family, are aware of what is happening in the world and contribute to the country's development. Therefore this paper focuses on the importance of higher education with reference to Indian context.

Keywords

Higher education, Knowledge, employability, developing countries