Educational growth to young.

Accessibility to higher education implies that students get the opportunity to get university education and sufficient support from educational institutions. Increasing enrollment at the secondary and higher secondary level puts pressure on higher educational institutions. But due to limited capacity only a small number of students may be enrolled in universities. Thus. each year a large number of students are denied access to higher education. Also, due to poverty and increase in educational expenses students of the lower middle class do not get easy access to higher eduCation. Moreover, those who get places in the universities have limited access to avail all kinds of diversified educational facilities relating to their study field's. ‘ Only about 12 percent of graduates enter higher educational institution. More than 80 percent of these students are admitted to NU affiliated colleges. Others are absorbed by the public and private universities. In the last two decades. there has been a substantial rise in the number of students in private universities. According to the UGC Annual Report 2010, the number rose from 88 669 in ' 2005 to 200752 in 2010. . Public Universities are the first choices of most students. The public universities offer a wide range . of subjects in Science. Commerce, Liberal Arts. Humanities. Engineering and Technology, Law, Education and Medicine, Public universities attract the best minds to teaching although monetary compensation for teachers is anything but attractive. Library, laboratory. internet and research facilities are much better there than anywhere else in the country Seminars,symposiums, lectures WorkshOps. debates, and exhibitions are often held in these institutions and there is ample scope for national and international exposure for promising young knowledge seekers. Moreover. public Universities offer residential and boarding facilities at low cost / subsidized rates.