EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCE OF K. B. P. COLLEGE VASHI, NAVI MUMBAI

Education system must be based on quality, accessibility, affordability and ethics. No doubt, governments
have taken various steps to make education inclusive in our coutry. Subsequently literacy rate jumped up
from 18.30 percent to 74.04 percent during 1951 to 2011. However, as far asquality, accessibility,
affordability and ethics are concerned, situation is not satisfactory in our country. The education
particularly after new economic reforms of 1991 is commercialising. It is not affordable to the people in
countries like India where sizable part of the population is struggling for the ‘Bread and Butter’.The Higher
Education System in India compared to developed countries needs substantial improvement. The enrolment
ratio is hardly about 13 percent whereas the same is varying between 28 to 90 percent across the world.
Budget allocation for education by Govt. of India in 2012 was about 6 percent of total expenditure, which is
not going to be adequate, and therefore allocation must be made appropriately, i.e. minimum 10 percent in
order to improve the educational scenario in India. Basic education must reach to maximum number of
children from different strata of the society so that they will be eligible to pursue higher education.
Furthermore, in higher education too, due to commercialisation, there is major problem of universal
economic accessibility, affordability and more importantly, quality of education. In this Situation, in last five
academic years ( 2011-12 to 2015-16), how is the Karmaveer Bhaurao Patil College Vashi, Navi Mumbai,
Maharashtra carrying social responsibility in providing higher education to the students from
economically lower or middle strata of the society? It is analysed in this research paper.