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All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) 2020-2021

Focus: GS II: Education

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Ministry of Education recently released All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) 2020-2021

All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) Overview

  • Conducted by: Ministry of Education
  • Start Year: 2011
  • Coverage: All higher educational institutions in India imparting higher education.
  • Objectives:
    • To identify and include all institutions of higher learning in India.
    • To collect data from higher education institutions on various aspects of higher education.
  • Data Collected: Detailed information on various parameters such as student enrollment, teacher data, infrastructure, and financial information.

Highlights of AISHE 2020-2021:

  • First time filled data online using Web Data Capture Format  developed by Department of Higher Education through the National Informatics Centre (NIC).
  • Total number of Universities: 1,113
  • Total number of Colleges: 43,796
    • Number of Universities has increased by 70, number of Colleges has increased by 1,453, in 2020-21 over 2019-20.
  • Total number of Standalone Institutions: 11,296
  • Total enrollment in higher education: 4.14 crore, up 7.5% from 2019-20
  • Female enrollment: 2 crore, up 13 lakh from 2019-20
  • Gross Enrolment Ratio improved for all social groups
  • Enrollment in Distance Education up 7% from 2019-20
  • Gender Parity Index increased from 1 to 1.05 from 2017-18 to 2020-21
  • Total number of faculty/teachers increased by 47,914 from 2019-20

 


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