TNPSC Thervupettagam

Enrollment Ratio in Tamil Nadu 2021-22

February 5 , 2024 293 days 1095 0
  • 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).

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