Trade in Education Services under GATS: Implications for Higher Education in India

While universal elementary education is the state's constitutional obligation, development needs require that the skills of a nation's human resources are constantly updated and renewed, with increasing access to the wider knowledge society. Skills, knowledge and information are exchanged between countries which are thus partners in a process to optimise gains. Understanding these and several other implications for India in the context of GATS poses not only a challenge, but also an opportunity to formulate new strategies with regard to domestic regulations.