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Syllabus being determined by MNCs
?THE STRUCTURE and process of higher education were being determined by market forces in the name of globalisation,? said Tyler Walker Williams, vice-president of students? Union in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU).
Meet On Globalisation And Higher Education
“THE STRUCTURE and process of higher education were being determined by market forces in the name of globalisation,” said Tyler Walker Williams, vice-president of students’ Union in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU).
Initiating a discussion on ‘Globalisation and Higher Education’, organised by Academique, a discussion group in the Law Faculty of Banaras Hindu University here on Thursday, Williams said self-financing courses have become special educational zones in the universities.
Williams, the first foreign national to have been elected vice-president of the students’ union in JNU, said the syllabus was being determined by the multi-national companies (MNCs). “Such scientific researches, which were useful for the corporate world, were being funded by MNCs, while the research activities in humanities and social sciences were no longer being considered useful by MNCs, he said.
He said there was a need to oppose the impact of globalisation on higher education. “This was a dangerous situation and it had put a question whether we want to sell our freedom and autonomy in the name of globalisation. Only student communities under the banner of students unions can oppose the impact of globalization on higher education in an organized manner,” he claimed.
Chandan Bharati of Journalism and Mass Communication Department in BHU argued that only the negative effect of globalisation was influencing our society.
“Its concept was completely contradictory to the basic concept of education which had been prevalent in this country,” he added.
Manoj Kumar Dwivedi of BA third year was of the view that education had become a salable object in the age of globalisation. “The privatization of higher education had brought new types of problems which must be examined afresh,” he opined. Prof DP Verma, Dr Arti Srivastava, Aditya Samadarshi and Anshu Kumar Singh were among others who participated actively in the discussion.
Vijay Kishore Tiwari conducted the discussion whereas Surabhi Khyati offered a formal vote of thanks.
