Equity in Education in Karnataka (Education in Karnataka)

Abstract

From Introduction: The 21st Century, it is said, belong to those nations that are educationally advanced as ideas and knowledge based industries that are going to play a crucial role in furthering development will thrive there. The emergence of Bangalore - capital city of Karnataka as the 'Software’ capital of Asia/Silicon Valley of India is an indicative of this. Though the success of Bangalore owes much to the rapid expansion of higher technical education in Karnataka and has benefited only a very insignificant segment of population of the state where still one out of three persons is illiterate, nevertheless, highlights the potential of technically skilled man power in the process of social and economic development.