Foreign Universities in India

Abstract

The privatisation of education is a growing and complex issue. Privatisation is a process, which can be defined as the "transfer of assets, management, functions or responsibilities [relating to education] previously owned or carried out by the State to private actors" (Coomans & Hallo de Wolf, ‘Privatisation of Education and the Right to Education' in de Feyter & Gomez (eds.), Privatisation and Human Rights in the Age of Globalisation, 2005). Private actors may include companies, religious institutions or non-governmental organisations. There are many different ways in which privatisation can occur, through for example, the development of public private partnerships. This can be visualized through the increase in the nmber of foreign education in India which is changing the role and goal of education.