Only 3.5 crore of the 14 crore students eligible to pursue higher education in India make it to that level, founder-chancellor of VIT University, Vellore, G Vishwanathan said on Saturday. Addressing students of Sri Krishna group of institutionson the 14th graduation day here, he said less than 30 per cent students opt to go for higher education. It was not easy to secure an engineering or medical degree, he said.
As far as quality and standard of education across the world was concerned, India ranked below 100th among 150 countries, he said quoting a 2010 UNESCO survey.