Orissa higher Education vision 2020 (http://orissa2020.org)

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Orissa higher Education vision 2020(http//orissa
2020.org)

• Chitta Baral
• Professor
• Arizona State University

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Goal set by MHRD Take GER to 30

• GER Gross Enrollment Ratio
• Percentage of people enrolled in higher education
  in the age group 18-23
• GER of India 12.4
• GER of Orissa 13.6
• GER of world 26
• GER of US and Europe 50-70
• Indias target GER 30 by 2020

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GER of Educationally Backward districts (i.e.,
below national average)
Districts GER ST percentage SCST percentage
Nabarangpur 3.5 (1) 55.27 (4) 70.36 (2)
Malkangiri 3.9 (2) 58.35 (1) 78.34 (1)
Nuapada 6.7 (3) 35.95 (10) 49.04 (11)
Rayagada 6.7 (4) 56.04 (3) 70.32 (3)
Baudh 6.8 (5) 12.93 32.56 (17)
Gajapati 7 (6) 47.88 (8) 56.65 (8)
Koraput 8.1 (7) 50.67 (7) 64.08 (6)
Kandhamala 8.2 (8) 51.51 (5) 69.72 (4)
Kalahandi 8.7 (9) 28.88 (14) 45.89 (14)
Nayagarh 9.6 (10) 5.96 19.74 (28)
Deogarh 9.7 (11) 33.3(12) 47.91 (13)
Sonapur 10.5 (12) 9.5 31.61 (18)
Baragarh 10.9 (13) 19.56 38 (15)
Anugul 10.9 (14) 11.68 28.5 (22)
Dhenkanal 11.3 (15) 3.49 28.71 (21)
Balangir 11.4 (16) 22.06 37.45 (16)
Ganjam 11.5 (17) 2.93 20.84 (26)
Keonjhar 11.5 (18) 44.52 (9) 56.01 (9)
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Government Colleges in Orissa
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Private Colleges in Orissa
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All Colleges in Orissa
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Universities in Orissa
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To achieve 30 GER by 2020 direct improvement
needed at all levels

• Literacy of the population
• Kids going to primary school
• Kids going to secondary school
• Young adults going to college
• Young adults going to universities

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To achieve 30 GER by 2020 other factors

• Greater urbanization
• Greater connectivity
• Greater Job availability

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Getting kids to School in backward districts a
different approach

• Relax norms for 5-10 years for making private
  schools in these areas
• E.g. Somebody could have a school in 1-2 rooms in
  his/her house.
• Decide on an amount to spend on a kid for
  education (say Rs50/month)
• Vouchers of that amount given to parents to pay
  to the school where the kid is enrolled in
• Positives
• More schools more competition better
  enrollment more efforts on teaching
• Schools go after getting students so as to make
  more money
• Schools try to be better so as to get more
  students
• Lots of jobs as school teachers, school makers,
  school officials, etc.
• Details
• Literature on Vouchers
• School Choice Movement http//schoolchoice.in/
• Book The Beautiful Tree by Professor James
  Tooley (now lives in Hyderabad)
• Also a chapter in Narayana Murthys book A
  Better India, a better world
• Notes
• The above can be done in conjunction with and/or
  can be integrated into the schemes such as Sarva
  Siksha Abhijan and Rashtriya Madhyamik Siksha
  Abhijan

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Broadening the scope of model schools in blocks
Knowledge centers

• Each model school augmented with a knowledge
  center accessible to the general public after
  class hours and during weekend. It will contain
• A well stocked library
• An Internet lab with high speed connection and
  tens of computers
• Meeting rooms
• A small auditorium (showing educational movies
  multiples times week)
• HR Counseling and information dissemination
  center
• Literacy center
• Center designed such that it is accessible from
  the school side and from outside the school.
• An MHRD joint secretary loves this idea and
  promises to help pilot this in Orissa and channel
  it through planning commission
• A double sized version of the above in towns with
  larger populations (say about 20K or above)
• Examples Kamkhianagar, Malkangiri, etc.
• Future Broaden this to Panchayat level
• Now Parallel Scheme for city localities,
  starting with localities near slums
• Follow the example of Bakul Library in Satya
  Nagar, Bhubaneswar

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Government vocational education in Orissa current

• Vocational Junior Colleges
• Current subjects in the 231 vocational junior
  colleges
• Agriculture Diarying, Poultry farming,
  Horticulture, Seri culture, Inland Fisheries,
  Crop production
• Health Parmedical Medical Laboratory
  Technician
• Engineering Technology Audio Visual
  Technician, Building mainetnance, Computer
  Technique, Repair Maintenance of electrical
  domestic appliance, R M of power driven farm
  machinary
• Business Commerce Accountancy auditing,
  Insurance, Office management, tax assistant
• Home Science Creche pre-school management,
  Catering restaurant management
• Other Textile designing, tourism travel
  technique
• Eligible after Matric
• Teachers are required to have stringent
  qualifications
• Specialized Institutes Apparel Training and
  Design Center, Tool room, Construction academy
  (Gopalpur), Food craft institute, Gems
  Jewelery, II Handloom Technology, Indian
  Institute of Welding, Plumbing Institute, Zee
  Institute of Creative Arts, NTTF Gopalpur and
  Kalinganagar, ITIs.

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Augmenting the vocational education

• Issues
• Learning many trades/skills do not need matric
  pass degrees
• Teaching many trades/skills do not require
  degrees requires skills
• Possibly missing trades Quality plumbing,
  masonary, auto repair, landscape design,
  HVAC/Refrigeration
• Proposal Orissa Open and Skills University
  (supported by IGNOU and DEC encouraged by an
  MHRD joint secretary) OOSU
• Taking admission does not require matric pass
• Teachers need not have degrees
• Students go through certificates
• Certificates can be added up to degrees
• Start with 13 community colleges under the
  university then one in each district
• The University and the community colleges allowed
  to add certificates and degrees and open centers
  and branches with minimal hassle and with minimal
  lead time

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The Open aspect of the OOSU

• School dropouts after taking some modules can
  become eligible to join a regular 2 program.
• Someone without a 2 after taking some
  certificates can become eligible to join a 3
  program
• Etc.

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Traditional Higher Education Colleges and
Universities

• Some issues to be tackled
• Spreading higher education opportunities across
  the state
• Lecturers feeling ownership of the colleges where
  they teach
• Multiple Knowledge hubs (of varying degrees) in
  the state
• Maintaining and improving existing universities
  and institutions

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Existing Universities in Orissa
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Spreading higher education across the states
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Spreading higher education across the state At
least one university in each undivided district

• Cuttack
• Puri
• Balasore
• Ganjam
• Sambalpur
• Sundergarh
• Mayurbhanj
• Koraput
• Keonjhar - Central Orissa University, Keonjhar
• Dhenkanal Central Orissa University, Angul
• Kalahandi South Orissa University, Bhawanipatna
• Balangir West Orissa University, Balangir
• Kandhamala Indira Gandhi National Tribal
  University, Kandhamala campus

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Lecturers feeling ownership of the colleges where
they teach

• No more affiliated government colleges by 2020
• Universities with constituent colleges
• New metropolitan universities
• Bhubaneswar-Cuttack Metropolitan Universities
• Rourkela University
• Khallikote University
• GM University
• New regional universities
• Central Orissa University, Keonjhar
• Central Orissa University, Angul
• West Orissa University, Balangir
• South Orissa University, Bhawanipatna
• Old regional universities with constituent
  colleges
• FM University
• North Orissa university, Baripada
• Rest are autonomous colleges clustered
  geographically.
• Lecture appointments are with respect to
  universities or autonomous colleges
• No transfers outside of universities or clusters

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Knowledge Hubs and Knowledge Centers global
parameters

• Orissas population of 3.67 crores is the same as
  that of Californias.
• Orissas area of 155.82K sq km is close to the
  population of New York (141.3K sq km) and
  Connecticut (14.356K sq km) put together

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Knowledge Hubs and Knowledge Centers with an aim
to be competitive globally

• Tier 1 An international level knowledge hub that
  can compete with the best knowledge hubs of the
  world such as the San Francisco-San Jose area or
  the Boston metropolitan area.
• Tier 2 4 knowledge hubs comparable to current
  tier 2 cities in India.
• At least two universities, at least one national
  level institution or university, multiple
  engineering colleges, at least one medical
  college and an independent research
  institute/center/lab
• Tier 3 Urban agglomerations aiming to have
  varied independent higher education
  infrastructure such as an autonomous college that
  imparts Masters degree, an engineering school, an
  engineering college, a university within 60 kms,
  and a medical college within 60 kms.
• Tier 4 Each district HQ or town with population
  greater than 20K with its own knowledge
  infrastructure
• A government college offering arts, science and
  commerce degrees.
• At least one community college.
• A Knowledge Center (library, Internet lab,
  meeting rooms, a small auditorium, HR Counseling
  and information dissemination center, Literacy
  center)
• Two knowledge corridors Cuttack-Bhubaneswar-Berha
  mpur Rourkela-Jharsuguda-Sambalpur

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Bhubaneswar-Puri area as a knowledge hub soon to
have 25 universities

• Existing Universities

• Upcoming universities

• IIT Bhubaneswar (MIT)
• NISER Bhubaneswar (Cal Tech)
• Utkal University
• Orissa U of Agriculture and Tech.
• Ravenshaw University
• IIIT Bhubaneswar
• Utkal Univ. of Culture
• Sri Jagannath University
• National Law University
• KIIT deemed University
• SOA deemed University
• 56 additional four year engineering colleges,
  some with graduate programs

• Vedanta University (Stanford)
• National University (Berkeley)
• AIIMS Bhubaneswar
• Sri Sri University
• ICFAI University
• Jagadguru Kripalu University
• Orissa Open University
• National Institute of Design (?)
• 6 deemed university applications in pipeline
• 30 Colleges offering Bachelors in non
  engineering subjects (some offering graduate
  programs)

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Bhubaneswar Further steps to make it an
international level knowledge hub

• Vedanta University is a game changer and would
  propel this area beyond any knowledge center in
  India and towards an international knowledge
  hub. 
• The airport upgraded to an international airport.
• Larger research centers need to be pursued and
  established in this area.
• Although this area has a few research centers
  already, most of them are small with at most 20
  researchers. The current knowledge hubs of the
  country such as Pune, Hyderabad or Bangalore, or
  even smaller centers such as Indore and
  Alllahabad have large research centers with 100s
  of researchers.
• Hence, steps need to be taken to get at least one
  large research center. For example, a branch of
  TIFR should be pursued.
• In addition steps need to be taken so that
  Institute of Mathematics and Applications and
  the Institute of Material Sciences are taken over
  by the central government. 

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Tier 2 plans

• Rourkela area NIT, BPUT, 2 private engg colleges
  
• Needs/Aims Medical college, General University,
  Research lab
• Berhampur area BU, MKCG Medical College, PM engg
  College, 6 private engineering colleges
• Needs/Aims IIIT, Khallikote Univ, Research lab
• Sambalpur-Jharsuguda area SU, VSSUT, Medical
  College, 2 private engg colleges (2 more in
  nearby Baragarh and 1 in Sunderarh)
• Needs/Aims Upgrade VSSUT to an IIEST, Research
  lab
• Koraput-Jepore-Sunabeda area Central University
  of Orissa, two private engineering ceolleges
• Needs/Aims A medical college and central
  university as part of the central university,
  Research lab

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Tier 3 urban areas

• Dhenkanal, Baripada, Balasore, Bhadrakh,
  Kalinganagar, Paradeep, Angul-Talcher,
  Bhawanipatna, Rayagada, Baragarh, Balangir,
  Sundergarh, Joda-Barbil, Keonjhar,
  Kendrapada-Pattamundai, Aska-Kabisuryanagar-Hinjli
  cutt, Dhamara-Chandbali, Parlakhemundi and
  Phulbani.
• All these agglomerations except Phulbani and
  Dhamara have a current population of more than
  50K.
• Individual knoweldge plans for each of the above
  urban agglomerations
• Varied independent higher education
  infrastructure such as an autonomous college that
  imparts Masters degree, an engineering school, an
  engineering college, a university within 60 kms,
  and a medical college within 60 kms.

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Tire 4 urban areas

• Jaleswar, Remuna, Soro, Kantabanji, Titlagarh,
  Boudh, Deogarh, Bhuban, Buguda-Polasari,
  Bhanjanagar, Khallikote-Rambha, Jagatsinghpur,
  Malkangiri, Nabarangpur, Umerkote,
  Khandapada-Nayagarh, Nuapada-Khariar Rd and
  Sonepur. 
• All these towns, except the district head quarter
  towns of Boudh, Nuapada-Khariar Rd and Sonepur,
  have a current population of at least 20 K. 
• Plans
• A government college offering arts, science and
  commerce degrees.
• At least one community college.
• A Knowledge Center (library, Internet lab,
  meeting rooms, a small auditorium, HR Counseling
  and information dissemination center, Literacy
  center)

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Resources for the plans

• Center
• State
• Private Organizations
• PPP

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Pursuing the Central Government some high
priority items

• NID
• NIPER
• IIPH
• Pushing various public sector that take Orissa's
  minerals and/or pollute Orissa to contribute
  significantly to Orissa's HRD. Some of these
  public sectors are SAIL, NTPC, NALCO, and CIL.
• Establishment of IIIT Berhampur.
• Expansion of NIT Rourkela to have a medical
  college.
• Adoption if VSSUT, Burla to an IIEST (Indian
  Institute of Engineering, Science and Technology)
• Establishment of a branch of Indira Gandhi
  National Tribal University InKandhamala
• A DOD Medical College in Balasore

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Some state government priorities

• Develop and implement an improvement plan for the
  existing colleges and universities in Orissa.
  Create a one time fund (say 1000 crores) for
  this purpose.
• Push for and monitor all the central government
  related initiative mentioned
• Monitor the progress of Vedanta university
• Send feelers to other industrialists for HRD
  projects.
• Pursue an IIM Calcutta campus in Orissa.

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Some plan related to private organizations

• Push Birlas to make progress on their BITS
  Pilani, Orissa campus plan.
• Pursuse ISB for a campus in Orissa.
• Push Mittal, POSCO, Jindal, Tatas for significant
  contribution to HRD.
• Facilitate the establishment of a Xavier
  University by the XIMB people.
• Help some of the top performing and/or unique
  private educational institutions, especially in
  the interior of Orissa, to become bigger,
  including making some of them universities. In
  particular, at this time following are some
  institutions which should be rewarded.
• KISS (Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences) - for
  its initiatives to educate Adivasis.
• GIET, Gunupur (for establishing a quality
  institution in an interior area where there is
  none)
• JITM, Parlakhemundi (for establishing a quality
  institution in an interior area where there is
  none)
• Silicon, Bhubaneswar (for its quality)
• NIST, Berhampur (for its quality and to cater to
  Berhampur area)

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PPP

• Collaborate with a trust to establish an PIO/NRI
  University.
• Establish several medical Colleges across the
  state in PPP mode. The state government should
  offer its larger district hospital and beds and
  partner with private organizations to establish
  many more medical colleges. Since not many
  students are able to afford the existing fully
  private medical colleges (KIMS, Hi-tech, SUM) the
  state government can reduce the cost of running
  and operating a medical college by offering its
  hospital, beds, its doctors and staff. The
  private party then has to spend much less. 
• Monitor the establishment of the private medical
  colleges in Bhawanipatna, Balangir and Rourkela
  to which the government gave free land and some
  seed money.
• Help IIIT Bhubaneswar to become a top-notch IIIT
  and following Andhra Pradesh, after 5 years,
  establish branches of IIIT Bhubaneswar in other
  locations of the state.
• Encourage private contribution to the govt.
  engineering colleges. 

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Thank You!

• More details at
• http//orissa2020.org