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EW INDIA HIGHER 16
EDUCATION EDUCATION NEWS
RANKINGS 2024-25
The annual EWIHER Delhi: Dim ray of hope
with its careful cat-
egorisation of higher West Bengal: Education
education institutions Achilles heel
— to eliminate apples Karnataka: Board
and oranges type exams imbroglio
comparisons – is the Tamil Nadu: Conditional
most reliable guide for acceptance
school-leavers seek-
ing academically and Madhya Pradesh:
aptitudinally Scandalous indifference
suitable colleges and
universities
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INDIA’S TOP INDIA’S TOP-RANKED
GOVERNMENT NON-AUTONOMOUS
AUTONOMOUS ASC COLLEGES
COLLEGES In this year’s private non-
44 For mysterious reasons autonomous colleges league
table, St. Stephen’s College,
government au-
tied to the apron strings of
tonomous colleges are
Delhi University — a Central
rarely ranked by the
INDIA’S BEST PRIVATE Union education minis- retains its #1 status. Several
government institution —
AUTONOMOUS ASC COLLEGES try and media publica- nationally acclaimed Arts,
tions. EducationWorld
is an exception because Science and Commerce
Since 1986 when the Delhi- we appreciate them (ASC) undergrad colleges are
based University Grants as islands of collegiate in the same boat
Commission (UGC) introduced education excellence
a ‘Scheme for Autonomous IN THIS ISSUE
Colleges’, their number has
grown to 979. Of them the
majority — 786 — are privately Editorial 10 Letter from America 63
promoted and managed
Mailbox 12
Gov. Autonomous 66
94 Education News 16 Non-autonomous 76
Education Briefs 30
INDIA’S TOP PRIVATE Expert Comment 34 Teacher-2-Teacher 93
ENGINEERING COLLEGES Engineering colleges 94
Institution Profile 36
Although it is commonly accepted that the IITs and NITs
provide the best engineering undergrad education, since Cove r Story 40 Books 111
they admit a mere 2-3 percent of aspirant school-leavers,
the public interest is better served by ranking undergrad Private Autonomous 44 Postscript 114
private engineering colleges which constitute 70 percent of
all engineering institutions countrywide
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