All India Survey on Higher Education 2020-2021

On 29th January, 2023, Ministry of Education released All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) 2020-2021. Major highlights of the survey include:

Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER): As per 2011 population projections for 18-23 years age group, GER has increased to 27.3 from 25.6 in 2019-20.

  • Notable increase of 1.9 points is observed in GER of ST students in 2020-21, as compared to 2019-20.
  • Female GER has overtaken Male GER since 2017-18. Gender Parity Index (GPI), the ratio of female GER to male GER, has increased from 1 in 2017-18 to 1.05 in 2020-21.

Female Enrolment: The percentage of female enrolment to total enrolment has increased from 45% in 2014-15 to around 49% in 2020-21.

Enrolment of Vulnerable Section: The enrolment of SC students is 58.95 Lakh as compared to 56.57 Lakh in 2019-20 and 46.06 Lakh in 2014-15.

  • The enrolment of ST students has increased to 24.1 Lakh in 2020-21 from 21.6 Lakh in 2019-20 and 16.41 Lakh in 2014-15.
  • There is a notable increase in OBC student enrolment since 2014-15 of around 36 Lakh (32%).

Enrolment of N-E States: The total Student Enrolment in North East States is 12.06 Lakh in 2020-21 as compared to 9.36 Lakh in 2014-15.

  • The female enrolment in North East States is 6.14 lakh in 2020-21, higher than the male enrolment of 5.92 lakh [For every 100 male students, there are 104 female students in NER].

Distance Education: The enrolment in Distance Education is 45.71 Lakh (with 20.9 Lakh Female), an increase of around 7% since 2019-20 and 20% since 2014-15.

Enrolment from States: Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka and Rajasthan are the top 6 States in terms of number of student enrolled.

Graduate and Undergraduate Enrolment: As per response in AISHE 2020-21, about 79.06% of the total students are enrolled in undergraduate level courses and 11.5% are enrolled in postgraduate level courses.

Courses: Among Disciplines at undergraduate level, enrollment is highest in Arts (33.5%), followed by Science (15.5%), Commerce (13.9%) and Engineering & Technology (11.9%). Among streams at postgraduate level, maximum students are enrolled in Social Science (20.56%) followed by science (14.83%).

Infrastructural Facilities

  • Libraries (97%)
  • Laboratories (88)
  • Computer centres (91%, 86% in 2019-20)
  • Skill Development Centre (61%, 58% in 2019-20)
  • Connectivity to National Knowledge Network (56%, from 34% in 2019-20).

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