India, China to lead with degrees, OECD report

China and India are fast becoming powers to reckon with in the global higher education arena.

According to the recent report from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the two countries will produce about 40 per cent of post secondary degree-holders by 2020. The United States and some European Union countries will produce about 25 per cent.

The report, part of the organization’s series Education Indicators in Focus, takes into account higher education graduates between the ages of 25 and 34 in OECD and Group of Twenty member countries -- 42 countries in total.

The gap between China and the United States -- the two leading producers of graduates in 2010, with 18 and 14 per cent  -- will be significant by 2020. China is expected to produce 29 per cent of all higher education graduates studied in the report, and the United States is expected to produce 11 per cent of all those graduates. India, which produced 11 per cent of graduates in 2010, is expected to overtake the United States and produce 12 per cent of the share of graduates by the end of this decade.

QS Global 200 Business Schools Report 2012: IIMs feature in Asia Pacific top 10 list

The Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) have reason to cheer. The three IIMs at Bangalore, Ahmedabad and Calcutta have been listed among the top 10 in the Asia Pacific region in the recently released QS Global 200 Business Schools Report 2012. IIM-Ahmedabad is ranked second, IIM-Bangalore's rank is fifth and IIM-Calcutta is ranked eighth.

Indian School of Business has been ranked seventh, S P Jain Institute of Management and Research is at 16 and Indian Institute of Foreign Trade at 21.

INSEAD, Singapore is number one in the region for the third consecutive year. Melbourne  Business School (University of Melbourne, Australia), NUS Business School, (National University of Singapore) and University of New South Wales were some of the other institutes that featured among the top 10 in the region.

Throughout the QS Global 200 Business Schools Report, one theme in particular stands out: Indian business schools are fast gaining popularity among MBA employers. In almost all specialisation ratings, Indian schools have climbed considerably when compared to last year. This is even the case for international management, as while Indian business schools feature lower down the rating than they do in other specializations, they are still climbing and showing promise in developing a greater international outlook among their MBA graduates.