June 15, 2007

India Plans Hundreds of New Colleges, Prime Minister Says

By SHAILAJA NEELAKANTAN

Concerned that only 7 percent of Indian 18- to 24-year-olds enter higher education, India's prime minister, Manmohan Singh, said this month that the government would set up at least one central university in each of the 16 states that lack one.

The government will also assist states in establishing at least one degree-granting college in each of India's 604 local governing districts. There are now 20 central universities in 12 of the country's 28 states, and 350 of the districts have

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