Lok Sabha Question No. 4933 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-26
Subject: Survey on Higher Education
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: RAJEEV SHANKARRAO SATAV, DHANANJAY BHIMRAO MAHADIK, SUPRIYA SADANAND SULE, HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT, P.R. SUNDARAM, JAYAKUMAR JAYAVARDHAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4933 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.03.2018

## Survey on Higher Education

4933. SHRI SATAV RAJEEV: SHRI DHANANJAY MAHADIK: SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE: DR. HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT: SHRI P.R. SUNDARAM: DR. J. JAYAVARDHAN:

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT मानव संसाधन िवकास मंत्री be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  initiated  a  web-based  All  India  Survey  on  Higher  Education (AISHE), if so, the details thereof and the objective behind the move;
- (b) whether the survey is conducted on annual basis and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has released the final report of the AISHE during the last three years and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the action taken by the Government on the reports of AISHE during the last three years; and
- (e)  the  other  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  provide  a  sound  database  on  the  large  and  diverse system of higher education in the country?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (DR. SATYA PAL SINGH)

(a) to (e): To portray the status of higher education in the country, Ministry of Human Resource Development has started an annual web-based All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) with  the  objectives  of  strengthening  official  statistical  system  to  produce  Education  Statistics periodically with timeliness and quality so as to assess and review the performance of education sector  and  regional  divergences  across  the  country,  to  review  the  actual  results  over  time  and identifying data-gaps and to Strengthening Institutional Coordination with the Ministry and other data producing agencies such as University Grants Commission, All India Council for Technical Education and other regulatory bodies of higher education. The first survey was conducted in the year 2011 for the survey year 2010-11. Since then the survey is continuously being conducted annually by the Ministry through web based portal www.aishe-gov.in.

The survey covers all the Institutions in the country engaged in imparting of higher education. Data  is  being  collected  on  several  parameters  such  as  teachers,  student  enrolment,  number  of programmes, examination results, and infrastructure. Indicators of educational development such as Institution Density, Gross Enrolment Ratio, Pupil Teacher Ratio, Gender Parity Index etc. are calculated from the data collected through AISHE. These are useful in making informed policy decisions and research for development of education sector. All the reports of All India Survey on Higher Education are placed on the web site of the Ministry. The results of important parameters of  the  survey  such  as  Institution  Density,  Gross  Enrolment  Ratio,  Pupil-Teacher  Ratio,  Gender Parity Index for the last three years  of the survey is given as under:

| Important Results of the Survey     |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |
|-------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER)         |     24.3  |     24.5  |     25.2  |
| No. of Colleges per lakh population |     27    |     28    |     28    |
| Gender Parity Index                 |      0.92 |      0.92 |      0.94 |
| Pupil Teacher Ratio                 |     21    |     21    |     22    |

The data  collected  in  the  survey  is  used  for  generating  education  statistics  which  is  useful  for evidence - based policy and plan formulation and research purpose.

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