Youngsters Enrollment for Higher Education increases

Updated on: Thursday, December 24, 2015

It is the youth who is interested higher education, reveals Human Resource Development (HRD) ministry survey. According to the survey, people of age group of 18-23 years are enrolling for higher education. PTI reports state that the Gross Enrollment Ratio (GER) in India has risen to 23.6 pe rcent in 2014-15 from 23 per cent a year before.

Here are the highlights of the survey:

Mostly people from age group of 18 to 23 years are enrolling for higher education
Gross Enrollment Ratio (GER) rose to 23.6 per cent in 2014-15 from 23 per cent in 2013-2014
The total enrollment in Higher Education is estimated to be 33.3 million with 17.9 million boys and 15.4 million girls
The GER for male population is 24.5 percent and for females is 22.7 percent
The number of female teachers have come down per 100 males. All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) reveals that there are 64 female teachers per 100 male teachers in 2014-2015. In 2013-2014, there were 65 female teachers per 100 male teachers
HRD minister Smriti Irani who unveiled the survey report expressed her concern and asked MHRD to formulate schemes so that there are more women teaching in higher education institutions. She also expressed her willingness to make the data collection faster for these surveys.

Youngsters Enrollment for Higher Education increases

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