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Private Sector in Education: Trends, Causes and Consequences*
A. Vaidyanathan
Role of private sector centres on higher level professional education because the recent explosive and unregulated expansion of private institutions in engineering, medical sciences and management has sharpened differences between those who support and oppose privatization. The public sector is not in a position to expand the capacity of its institutions to meet the rapid growth in the demand of qualified professionals in these and related fields. But the opponents are concerned with the proliferation of profit-motivated educational institutions, the lack of any regulation of admission criteria or fees and its adverse impact on affordability and equitable access ...
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