Report on Higher Education Vision - 2020. Karnataka

Abstract

The report on “Higher Education Vision 2020” is a culmination of series of meetings and brainstorm sessions with several domain experts and stakeholders spread across the state. The report draws its core elements from the triple objectives-expansion, equity and excellence-set as the overarching goals for higher education to be achieved during the 12 five year plan. The report sets the context in terms of Karnataka and presents the current higher education scenario with its innate challenges. To address these challenges as well as to take advantage of Karnataka’s strengths by virtue of having nationally and globally acclaimed institutes of higher education, the report presents several fundamental strategies and key policy recommendations before the Government of Karnataka for implementation.