All India Survey on Higher Education report for 2018-19 25/09/2019 – Posted in: Daily News – Tags:

All India Survey on Higher Education

 

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Ministry of Human Resources and Development released the latest All India Survey of Higher Education (AISHE) report.

 

Findings

  • The gross enrolment ratio (GER) in higher education in Karnataka in the age-group of 18-23 years went up to 28.8% in 2018-19 from 27.8% in 2017-18.
  • The GER in Tamil Nadu for 2018-19 stood at 49%, Kerala 37%, Telangana 36.2%, Andhra Pradesh 32.4% and Maharashtra 32%.
  • With 28.8% GER in higher education, Karnataka ranked lowly 18th among all the states and the Union Territories.
  • Sikkim has the highest GER of 53.9% followed by Chandigarh 50.6%, while the Bihar has recorded the lowest GER of 13.6% in higher education.
  • Karnataka features in the list of top seven states with the highest number of colleges in India.
  • Other six states are Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Gujarat, which have Colleges in the range of 28 to 49 per lakh population.
  • With a total of 65 universities, Karnataka ranked fourth in the list of the states and UTs with the highest number of varsities.
  • The overall GER in higher education reached 26.3% in 2018-19 from 25.8% in 2017-18 in the country, a mere 0.5% increase.
  • A total of eight lakh new students were enrolled in country’s universities and colleges with the annual survey pegging the overall enrollment at 3.74 crore in 2018-19 against 3.66 crore in 2017-18.
  • The Ministry is hoping to increase the GER in higher education to 30% by 2022 and double it by 2024.
  • The AISHE report also indicates narrowing of the gender gap in higher education.
  • The ratio of men’s enrollment continues to be higher than that of the women ‘at almost every level’, except in the M Phil, PG and Certificate programmes.
  • Student enrollment at undergraduate level has 51% men and 49% women. Enrollment at diploma level courses has a skewed distribution with 66.8% men and 33.2% women. At PhD level, 56.18% students are men and 43.82% women.

 

All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE)

  • To portray the status of higher education in the country, Ministry of Human Resource Development has endeavoured to conduct an annual web-based All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) since 2010-11.
  • The survey covers all the Institutions in the country engaged in imparting of higher education.
  • Data is being collected on several parameters such as teachers, student enrolment, programmes, examination results, education finance, infrastructure. Indicators of educational development such as Institution Density, Gross Enrolment Ratio, Pupil-teacher ratio, Gender Parity Index, Per Student Expenditure will also be calculated from the data collected through AISHE.

 

Source: Deccan Herald

 

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