Hollow oppositions to foreign universities bill.

For the very first time some education minister has come up with an innovative idea to bring about urgent and equity based reform in the field of education.A long neglected reform is facing opposition from the congress itself is a saddening part.When the gross enrollment ratio(GER) defined as the number of students enrolled in colleges and universities as a percent of the total college-age population is too short that we are in a acute need of colleges and universities.Granting entry to the foreign universities can help combat the shortages of higher education.
Quite often asserted argument is rooted in equity.It is being argued that bill would lead to reduced educational opportunities for the poor and the children of wealthy will only be able to gain access to foreign universities.But what is worth noticing is that the govt today offers loans to the students to study in any good institution they want and funding of scholarship to the students in domestic and foreign universities.So,we can say that it is only a 'pro-rich' bill.
Another objection raised is that only worst foreign universities will enter India,but who is going to notice the poor educational facilities and professor absenteeism in public universities.However bill gives UGC and its successor body full powers to deny a university if it finds the university standards not upto the mark.
There are many other flawed arguments against the bill.However,the reality is that it is imperative for India to increase its excellence and quality of higher education and this bill is a way to it.Bill's provision of same fee regulation applied to foreign universities as to the unaided private universities to the hiring faculty domestically,bill is a complete justice to students as well as the faculty. And,no doubt,scholars will be exposed to enlarged competition and availability of more potential faculty.
For all this to happen,govt must give space to kapil sibal to carry out reforms..