According to the survey reports of the All India Survey of Higher Education (AISHE), the enrollment of the female students remains the lowest in the institutes of national importance.
The report was released by the Prakash Javadekar and said that the Gross Enrollment Ratio (GER) in higher education in the country is 25.8 percent.
“Share of female students is lowest in Institutions of National Importance, followed by state private open universities and deemed universities (government). The total enrollment in higher education has been estimated to be 36.6 million with 19.2 million boys and 17.4 million girls. The girls constitute 47.6 percent of the enrollment,” the survey report for 2017-18 said.
The GER for the male population is 26.3 percent and for the females is 25.4 percent.
“34000 students were awarded PhD-level degrees during 2017, with 20,179 males and 14,221 females. At PhD-level, the maximum number of students turn out is in the science stream, followed by Engineering and Technology. On the other hand, at PG-level maximum students turn out is observed in social science followed by management stream,” the survey report said.
UP tops the list with the highest students enrollment and is followed by the Maharashtra.
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Low Number Of Female Students In Education
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