Pros And Cons Of The Establishment Of Private Universities In Srilanka

Higher education has a vast history; beginning in the early colonial period and spanning ten generations. With its wide range of history, aspects of higher education have changed as the ideals and reforms of society adjusted. Albeit, the missions and purposes of college have remained the same. In this paper, I will clarify the three main missions and purposes of higher education. Then, I will shift the focus of the paper to the area I would like to pursue in higher education and how it reflects those purposes.

Consequently, this study was significant because it revealed the inequities in college persistence between universities and among various ethnic groups in selected public and private institutions.

The critical challenge within in today’s society is that college tuition should be free or if not free, more affordable for all students. Certainly, higher education should not be considered a luxury where only the wealthy could afford, but an opportunity for all caste systems. It must be an accessible and affordable opportunity for all students in order for them to invest in their education. Higher education is important because it provides more careers to choose from than the careers offered without having a college degree. Ultimately, the issue here is whether it is right to make college tuition more affordable for the students.

Privatization policy was introduced in Sri Lanka in 1977. The great efforts were taken by the government after privatization to reform economic policies including allowing private ownership in the plantation sector, to open the country for foreign direct investment and promoting free trade with other countries. Three major sectors of the Sri Lankan economy such as agriculture sector, industrial sector, and service sector were also subjected to economic reforms under this new trend. Several studies have been conducted to evaluate the impacts of new economic policy in various sectors of Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka’s agriculture export income mainly depends on Tea, Rubber and Coconut plantations. Further, rice is cultivated as a stable crop of Sri Lanka. 27.1 percent employment is occupied in Agriculture sector while agriculture sector contributes to 7.1 percent of Gross Domestic Product of Sri Lanka.

Do you prefer the public or the private university in Kuwait? This may be a critical question for many students. Parents may fall under confusion to choose between to enroll their kids in public or private universities. The parents try to compare the advantages and the disadvantages of those types of universities and then they outweigh these advantages and the disadvantages. After that parents choose the type of universities for their kids. Although some parents may prefer public universities for their free education, many may prefer private universities for their large advantages including; smaller size than public state universities, and having a reputation for being elite.

Being able to continue a higher education by entering a college is a significant social concern on both competence and equity grounds. The actuality of socio economic barriers which obstruct youngsters from lower income families from continuing their education limits their potentials and capabilities, therefore restraining the growth in economy, and likewise it also raises people’s concerns about opportunity equality. Entering a college is considered to be a big part of our lives. With college (a higher education), there will be more job opportunities choices for us to choose from in the future. It will be the beginning of a better career path for us as compared to those people who did not study in a college. Also, with a higher education level, we will be paid with higher salary as compared to those who did not complete their college. Having a higher education means that we will widen our knowledge and skills, and at the same time also enhance our character and personality. Studying in a college give us the chance to interact and meet new friends with different backgrounds which allows us to learn new things. We will also have a bigger scope of our surroundings, increasing our understanding for the country and community. Hence, we can see that having a higher education will only give us benefits. A person’s ability to join a college depends on many different factors such as Parent’s level of education, grades, family income, gender and race. All these factors have influence

The tuition fee of private universities is closely related to school running cost. The school running cost of private colleges refers to related costs of carrying out teaching activities under market conditions. It includes all expenses related to the activities of training students. They are the economic value of the educational resources consumed in the process of school running. The rising in school-running cost is the reason for the rise of tuition fee. In recent years, the school running cost of private colleges in China has been continuously improved. On the one hand, with government’s increasingly higher requirements for higher education, the school-running standards of private colleges are gradually improving. On the other hand, the

This approach seeks to maintain a uniform provision of higher education to all its citizens. However, this ideology relegates the merit factor and raises questions of feasibility in promoting equality. Such a socialist approach may be prone to compromised standards of higher education in its endeavor to satisfy all.

At the present time, it is unquestionable fact that college education is unaffordable for the majority of students those who come from countrysides.Therefore, some people believe that colleges should diminish their tuition fee, particulary for such unfortune pupils.In my view, I am not in favour of the idea given due to two main reasons.In this essay, firstly I will discuss the harmful effects of the idea in terms of economy and secondly how it can lead to unfairness amongst students.

Higher education in Malaysia is constructed of private and public institutions with some offering franchised programmes under foreign branches. This development has led to a significant increase in the number of colleges and universities within Malaysia, helping the nation advance and establish itself as an ‘education hub’, to which the Malaysian government has given considerable attention in developing further. ‘Private higher education has become a significant money making venture which attracts tremendous interest from British, Australian and American universities who want to export their education thus providing more international students and perhaps regional students, since fees will be lower than the likes of the United Kingdom where most international students currently study’.

Carnevale, implies that selective schools offer the best opportunities for their students, enhancing their further success. The author provides several ways how selective educational institutions help their students to become successful. According to Carnevale, the graduation rate at the most selective colleges is approximately 90 percent while at the least selective four-year colleges graduation is half of this number. Spending per student education at elite colleges is three times more than at public ones. Even with this spending, students pay less for their studies due to donations and scholarships. Carnevale points out that students from elite schools are most likely to attend postgraduate school. Statistics show that 40 percent of students from elite schools continue their studies at professional schools while at least selective colleges only 25 percent go to graduate school. After graduation, students from elite schools receive about 32 percent more in income than those who graduated from the least prestigious colleges. Carnevale considers that even if elite educational institutions contribute to students’ success they also create inequality since college population constitutes of white and affluent students. Low-income students and descendants from African-American and Hispanic families are most likely to attend the least selective colleges. The author considers that the main problem is not students’

The competition between similar private colleges restricts and affects the tuition level of private colleges. Specifically, the first is the competition of school size. In the premise of keeping running, private universities should try to expand their scale with a quality education. The second one is the competition of faculty. Different with public colleges, the teachers’ mobility in private colleges is larger. Although teachers in private colleges have a lot of additional benefits, they still have low satisfaction on their career. Because in private colleges, the management layer emphasises students' satisfaction, and students are regarded as consumers. (Santhapparaj and Alam, 2005) Therefore, due to low career satisfaction or teachers’ development

These two values of the boarding school indeed does provide several benefits in preparing students for post-secondary. Tradition and discipline allows the student to be dedicated to their studies in various discipline, as the teachers enforces them to complete their workload or face the consequence of possibly failing the course. This is imperative for post-secondary preparation as students are able to be versatile in multiple skillset,

Last week, while having my morning coffee, I overheard a conversation between a college lecturer and a well-known secretary in The Ministry of Finance. I was about to return upstairs in my office when I observed the secretary pushed forward, looking the lecturer directly in her eyes emphatically and aggressively said, “You academics just don’t get it…the government aint gat no money to take care no university.” I relaxed in my seat as the conversation between the two raged on. This same discussion is but a fragment of a national discussion that has been ongoing in this country for many years, and the debate is whether or not The Bahamas is economically, financially and socially developed enough to maintaina university. This situation has become a “worrying problem” indeed.According to her article, “We Do Not Need A University”, Ms. Pam Burnside discusses the issue of The Bahamas being a small independent nation who wants to ameliorate its tertiary level institution with inadequate financial resources. She further explains that the Bahamas is “too greedy” and is ashamed of the College that we already have in existence. In addition, she argues that The Bahamas does not need a university and simply cannot afford it. In response to Burnside’s arguments, I most certainly agree with her. The College of The Bahamas is not well equipped to become a university as it lacks a few vital components that need to be addressed urgently: Financial resources,Infrastructure and Staffing.

Furthermore, local universities are as good as universities abroad. Nowadays, students from outside countries also come here to study in local universities. That means that they trust our local universities which have a good quality system of education. This shows that studying locally is a right choice for our future. Besides that, our system of education is also acknowledged internationally, that is why students from other countries are studying in our local universities. We cannot deny that the quality of education in local universities is also as good as the universities abroad. Not only that, our local universities have complete facilities for students such as students’ hostel, libraries that are complete with a variety of books and materials for students to make reference and do research, Internet such as Wi-Fi and laptops or note books are prepared to make it easier for students to surf the Internet and to complete their assignment. Local universities also have a good quality of lecturers that have higher level of education and experience in teaching. If students are studying in local universities and they were from poor families and need more money to study they can get financial support. The Government gives financial support such as PTPTN for students to help them