Impact of Globalisation in Technical Education

Abstract

Education is undergoing constant changes under the effects of globalisation. Theeffects of globalisation on education bring rapid developments in technology, and communications are foreseeing changes within learning systems across the world as ideas, values and knowledge, changing the roles of students and teachers, and producing a shift in society from industrialisation towards an information-based society. It reflects the effect on culture and brings about a new form of cultural imperialism. Globalisation and technological advancements are delivering and increasing access to the world and subsequently subjects should reflect this global outlook The internationalisation of higher education can be linked to various internal and external changes in the international system. Externally, there have been changes in the labour market, which have resulted in calls for more knowledge and workers with deeper understandings of languages, cultures and business methods all over the world. In today's environment, education provides individuals with a better chance of employment, which in turn leads to a better lifestyle, power and status. The commodification of knowledge as intellectual property has occurred particularly with regard to connecting the intellectual work of universities with community, business, and government interests and priorities. It also creates institutional winners and losers. This paper analyse the effect of globalisation on education and also discusses about the impact of globalisation on higher education, regulations, culture, allocation of operation funds etc.