Among India’s large states, Tamil Nadu consistently maintains the highest Gross Enrollment Ratio (GER) in higher education (colleges and universities) for five academic years between 2017-18 and 2021-22.
According to the recently released All India Survey on Higher Education by the Ministry of Education, Tamil Nadu’s GER was 47 per cent.
GER refers to the number of students enrolled in higher education as a percentage of the eligible population aged 18 to 23 years.
The all-India average GER was 28.4 per cent in the 2021-22 period.
Among all the states and Union Territories, Chandigarh has the highest GER of 64.8 per cent.
It is followed by Puducherry with 61.5 per cent and Delhi with 49 per cent.
The other states that did well are Himachal Pradesh (43.1 per cent), Uttarakhand (41.8 per cent), Kerala (41.3 per cent) and Telangana (40 per cent).