Prohibition of Unfair Practices in Higher Education in India: A Legal Study

Abstract

The educational institutions, on one hand are regarded as ‘temple of learning’, ‘temple of Maa Sarswati’ etc. and on other hand these educational institutions, now-a-days have become money making centers only without giving any hid to our historical fame of learning. India is country where teaching and learning are, through various mediums, treated as Dharma i.e. duty. Every educated person was under duty to teach others in Gurukulas or schools etc. Nalanda, Vikramshila, Takshshila, Vallabhi, Varanasi etc. were renowned centers. But, the advent of modernization and globalization brought a new concept of commercialization where everything is thought to be saleable and buyable. In this system, there is no place of morality, relations, values except income. The so-called developed society has done a lot for survival and enjoyment but nothing to think our future where we can find a value based society. The mushrooming of educational institutions are a good example for this, where the management thinks its right to involve in unfair practices but the condition is so bad that the majority of us are also involved to get anyhow degrees. The present paper brings forth the condition of unfair practices in higher education institutions and outlines the legal available and proposed norms to rectify this behavior.