Sibal `a dynamic, creative thinker`: US

Lalit K Jha
Washington, Feb 20 (PTI) Applauding educational reforms
being undertaken in India right now, the US has described HRD
Minister Kapil Sibal as "a dynamic and creative thinker."
"Prime Minister (Manmohan) Singh appointed a dynamic and
creative thinker to head the Ministry of Human Resource
Development, basically their education ministry, Kapil Sibal,"
Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia,
Robert Blake, said.
Sibal has promised that the government will introduce in
Parliament a new bill that will allow greater foreign
participation in education in India, particularly in higher
education, Blake noted during a speech at the Chicago Council
on Global Affairs.
"Minister Sibal has talked about how there are 220
million Indians who are now in secondary schools, but only 10
million of them have the opportunity to go to college. Many of
those, more than 100,000 in fact, more than any other country,
attend college here in the United States," he said.
"I think this new law should open up tremendous
possibilities for American universities of all kinds. Not just
traditional research and liberal arts universities, but
community colleges, vocational training and distance learning
programmes, and many other educational opportunities," Blake
said. (More) PTI