Evaluating the Future of Technical Education in Indian Higher Education Institutions

Abstract

To cater to the need for a technically qualified workforce, Indian policy-making organizations in the domain of technical education; focused on the quantitative growth of the Technical Education System (TES). The change, in turn, helped increase the availability of the technical workforce but soon became un-controlled; when the supply of the technical force increased continuously, the demand rate reduced. This demand-supply equilibrium shift resulted in unemployment and thus deterred students from persuading technical education. Therefore, almost 50% of the seats in technical institutes are vacant. Therefore, the growth story of Indian TES lacked sustainability and needed qualitative focus. Here, the authors have conducted a systematic literature review to understand the various attributes of sustainability of Indian TES and highlight the future agendas. Stakeholders' perception, Quality Management philosophy, Employability, Management leadership, and Role of accreditation were the key findings of this study having an impact of TES