The President of Mysore-Canada Commonwealth of Learning, John Daniel, felt that India should adopt strategic priorities declared at Global Education Summit-2009 to achieve the target of providing higher education to 44 millions by 2020.

Speaking at the inaugural session of three-day international conference on ‘Distance Learning in Global Environment: Issues and Challenges’, organized by Karnataka State Open University (KSOU), Daniel said, “Today 165 million are undergoing higher studies in the world and by 2025 it should be 263 millions. Hence, India should increase its capacity by adopting some of the priorities in the higher education sector. The focus should be on innovating new ways to learn, access to quality education, training the teachers and demand-based education.”