Self-Financed Colleges: A Hotbed Of Corruption In Uttar Pradesh
Self-Financed Colleges: A Hotbed Of Corruption In Uttar Pradesh ************************************ There is a nexus between politicians and education mafia, which makes these colleges breeding grounds of nepotism and corruption. An All India Survey on Higher Education carried out in 2011-12 said in its key findings that Uttar Pradesh (UP) was among six states with highest number of colleges in the country. The problem of plenty has resulted in lack of monitoring, compromise on quality of faculty and teaching being imparted in degree colleges falling in the self-finance category. As there is a nexus between politicians and education mafia, these colleges are breeding grounds of nepotism and corruption. A former chairman of the Higher Education Services Commission, UP, said that the rot in the education system set in when politicians and those with the right connections were allowed to open self-financed degree colleges with affiliation to various universities. (Self-financed degree co...