TNPSC Thervupettagam

All India Survey on Higher Education 2018-19

September 25 , 2019 1805 days 973 0
  • Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) collects online information on Universities, Colleges and other Higher Educational Institutions under the All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE).
Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER)
  • GER in Higher education has increased from 25.8% in 2017-18 to 26.3% in 2018-19.
  • GER is calculated for 18-23 years of age group.

GER

Ratio

Male

26.3%

Female

26.4%

SC

23%

ST

17.2%

 

  • Uttar Pradesh comes at number one with the highest student enrolment followed by Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu.
College density
  • College density is the number of colleges per lakh eligible population (population in the age-group 18-23 years)
  • The top 8 States in terms of the highest number of colleges in India are Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Haryana, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, and Madhya Pradesh
  • It varies from 7 in Bihar to 53 in Karnataka as compared to All India average of 28.
  • Bangalore Urban district tops in terms of number of colleges with 880 colleges.
  • 60.53% Colleges are located in Rural Area.
  • 11.04% Colleges are exclusively for Female.
  • Total enrolment in higher education has been estimated to be 37.4 million.
  • Females constitute 48.6% of the total enrolment.
Foreign Students
  • Highest share of foreign students come from the neighboring countries of which Nepal is 26.88% of the total.
  • It is followed by Afghanistan (9.8%), Bangladesh (4.38%), Sudan (4.02%), Bhutan constitutes (3.82%) and Nigeria (3.4%).
Pupil-Teacher Ratio
  • Pupil-Teacher Ratio (PTR) in Universities and Colleges in regular mode enrolment is 29.

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