Social Equity Measures in the Agricultural Higher Education System

Agricultural education is crucial to produce skilled human resources to take up present and emerging challenges faced by Indian agriculture. Over the last decade, agricultural higher education attractiveness has improved due to access to quality education, attractiveness in employment market, and widening career opportunities across social and geographical areas. While continuing to provide better quality and more relevant education in agriculture, ICAR, in association with World Bank, initiated National Agricultural Higher Education Project (NAHEP) in 2017. The project development objective is to enhance the quality and relevance of agricultural higher education in the country. NAHEP has also adopted social inclusion by providing national and international training to student and faculty. In addition, various special initiatives are being undertaken to enable access to the essential amenities for differently abled, female students and faculties. To take it forward and make it sustainable, this article also suggests key measures.