By Amrit Dhillon in New Delhi"
Despite the fact that half of India's population is below the age of 25, the Indian government has not built a new university for 50 years.
India has 338 government universities. A government commission looking into the state of higher education said last month that it needed 1,500 universities.
Kapil Sibal, India's education minister, has promised long overdue root-and-branch reform of the educational system, saying it had to be 'de-traumatised' for the sake of pupils and parents. He also plans to encourage foreign universities to open shop in India to alleviate the shortage of places.
He also wants the Grade 10 exam for 15-year-olds to emphasise grading a pupil's work throughout the year so that the focus switches from marks-based to knowledge-based learning.
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