.That Indian students will now get high-quality education near their homes, due to which students will not have to travel from one state to another or abroad for higher education, but the planes carrying students to foreign countries from the New Delhi airport every day are telling their own story. Apart from this, students from rural areas continue to come to urban areas for higher education because there is still a shortage of high-quality educational institutions in rural areas.
The central government has given a budget of Rs 3,335 crore to the University Grants Commission (UGC) in the budget, while last year, Rs 2500 crore was given to the UGC. In this way, the budget of the UGC has increased by more than 33 percent. Education experts are saying that the way the budget of the Prime Minister’s Higher Education Campaign including the UGC has been increased, it is clear that the higher education structure in India will be further strengthened in the coming days. Especially the number of students going to other countries for higher education will decrease. Education experts say that due to the lack of higher education institutions in India, students have to go from one district to another or from one state to another for higher education. Apart from this, a large number of Indian students go abroad for higher education. In this way, students face problems in getting higher education by going away from home, their expenses also increase and the burden of students also falls on higher education institutions because these institutions often have more students than their capacity to get admission.
This is not a matter of just one state in India but it is happening in all the states of India, including Punjab. Although colleges have opened in every area in Punjab, there is still a lack of high-quality educational institutions for higher education. Due to this, a large number of students from Punjab are also going abroad for higher education.
At present, there is a trend in every section of society to provide higher education to their children. Along with the rich class, the middle class and the poor class are also trying to provide higher education to their children so that after getting good education, these children can do business, jobs and other work properly. In today’s era, higher education is very important to increase the sources of income. But due to the expensiveness of higher education and the lack of higher educational institutions, students have to face many problems. For this reason, the parents of the students are selling their lands or taking loans and sending them abroad for higher education.
Some education experts are saying that going abroad to get education has become a ‘status symbol’ among Indian students. Many students are also going abroad instead of getting higher education in India due to the care of each other. The only purpose of these students is to go abroad and become citizens there, but now America, Canada and other countries have made their laws very strict for international students. US President Trump has clearly stated that international students who come to study in the US will not be given US citizenship but will be sent back to their countries of origin after completing their studies. Despite this, the trend of Indian students going abroad continues.
When Indian students go abroad, foreign countries benefit economically and the economy there becomes stronger, but India suffers economically because students have to pay a lot of money abroad in the form of tuition fees and other expenses. Although many countries including the US and Canada have imposed many restrictions on international students, despite this, the trend of students going abroad is increasing. The central government also understands this. That is why the UGC grant has been increased in the central budget and an increase in the number of higher education institutions has been announced. The central government wants students to get better higher education close to home so that students do not have to go to other districts, other states and other countries to pursue higher education. But now it remains to be seen how much this step of the central government will curb the migration of students from India to foreign countries.
