Lok Sabha Question No. 1506 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-05
Subject: Access to Higher Education
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1506 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.03.2018

## Access to Higher Education

## †1506. SHRI SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH:

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether only 25 per cent people have access to higher education in India while in comparison 86 per cent,  80  percent  and  60  per  cent  people  have  access  to  higher  education  in  America,  Germany  and China, respectively;
- (b) if  so,  whether in certain areas of the country, only 9 per cent people have access to higher education because higher education is too much costly;
- (c) whether the Government has started any survey in this regard during the last three years and the current year;
- (d) if  so,  the  effective  steps  taken  by  the  Government  for  the  development  of  institutions  of  higher education in Bihar and to increase the access of people to higher education till date; and
- (e)    the  details  of  the  projects  sanctioned,  funds  allocated  and  spent  for  the  development  of    education institutes in the country specially in Bihar during the last three years and the current year?

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

(a) to (c):  Ministry of Human Resource Development is annually conducting All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE). As per AISHE-2016-17, the Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) for all India is 25.2% for the population in the age group 18-23 years. State-wise GER is given at Annexure . The GER for Daman & Diu, Lakshadweep  and  Dadra  Nagar  &  Haveli  is  measured  as  5.5%,  7.3%  and  9.2  %  respectively,  which  is comparatively  lower  than  the  other  states.  The  reason  of  low  GER  in  these  UTs  may  not  directly  be attributed to the cost of higher education.

Gross  Enrolment  Ratio  of  Unites  States  of  America,  Germany  and  China  are  85.79,  68.27  and  43.39 respectively, as per UNESCO Institute of Statistics.

(d) & (e): The funds allocated & actual expenditure on education by Department of Higher Education for the country for last three years is given below:

(Rs. in crore)

| Year    |   Budget Estimates |   Revised Estimates | Actual Expenditure   |
|---------|--------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
| 2014-15 |            27656   |             23700   | 23169.17             |
| 2015-16 |            26855.3 |             25699   | 25542.26             |
| 2016-17 |            28840   |             29703.2 | 29026.47             |
| 2017-18 |            33329.7 |             34862.5 | 24467.02*            |

*As on 27.02.2018

Ministry  of  Human  Resource  Development  is  implementing  a  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  of  Rashtriya Uchchatar  Shiksha  Abhiyan  (RUSA)  since  October  2013  with  the  aim  of  promoting  access,  equity  and excellence. Under RUSA Scheme Rs. 58.646 crore have been released for development of higher educational institutions in Bihar under various components of the Scheme.

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## ANNEXURE

| As referred to in Part (a) to (c) reply of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1506 for 05.03.2018 by Shri Sushil Kumar Singh   | As referred to in Part (a) to (c) reply of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1506 for 05.03.2018 by Shri Sushil Kumar Singh   | As referred to in Part (a) to (c) reply of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1506 for 05.03.2018 by Shri Sushil Kumar Singh   |
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| Sl. No.                                                                                                                      | State/UTs                                                                                                                    | GROSS ENROLMENT RATIO IN HIGHER EDUCATION (18-23 YEARS)                                                                      |
| 1                                                                                                                            | Andaman &Nicobar Islands                                                                                                     | 22.8                                                                                                                         |
| 2                                                                                                                            | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                               | 32.4                                                                                                                         |
| 3                                                                                                                            | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                                            | 28.9                                                                                                                         |
| 4                                                                                                                            | Assam                                                                                                                        | 17.2                                                                                                                         |
| 5                                                                                                                            | Bihar                                                                                                                        | 14.4                                                                                                                         |
| 6                                                                                                                            | Chandigarh                                                                                                                   | 56.1                                                                                                                         |
| 7                                                                                                                            | Chhatisgarh                                                                                                                  | 16.1                                                                                                                         |
| 8                                                                                                                            | Dadra &Nagar Haveli                                                                                                          | 9.2                                                                                                                          |
| 9                                                                                                                            | Daman &Diu                                                                                                                   | 5.5                                                                                                                          |
| 10                                                                                                                           | Delhi                                                                                                                        | 45.3                                                                                                                         |
| 11                                                                                                                           | Goa                                                                                                                          | 28.1                                                                                                                         |
| 12                                                                                                                           | Gujarat                                                                                                                      | 20.2                                                                                                                         |
| 13                                                                                                                           | Haryana                                                                                                                      | 29.0                                                                                                                         |
| 14                                                                                                                           | Himachal Pradesh                                                                                                             | 36.7                                                                                                                         |
| 15                                                                                                                           | Jammu and Kashmir                                                                                                            | 25.6                                                                                                                         |
| 16                                                                                                                           | Jharkhand                                                                                                                    | 17.7                                                                                                                         |
| 17                                                                                                                           | Karnataka                                                                                                                    | 26.5                                                                                                                         |
| 18                                                                                                                           | Kerala                                                                                                                       | 34.2                                                                                                                         |
| 19                                                                                                                           | Lakshadweep                                                                                                                  | 7.3                                                                                                                          |
| 20                                                                                                                           | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                               | 20.0                                                                                                                         |
| 21                                                                                                                           | Maharashtra                                                                                                                  | 30.2                                                                                                                         |
| 22                                                                                                                           | Manipur                                                                                                                      | 35.0                                                                                                                         |
| 23                                                                                                                           | Meghalaya                                                                                                                    | 23.5                                                                                                                         |
| 24                                                                                                                           | Mizoram                                                                                                                      | 24.5                                                                                                                         |
| 25                                                                                                                           | Nagaland                                                                                                                     | 16.6                                                                                                                         |
| 26                                                                                                                           | Odisha                                                                                                                       | 21.0                                                                                                                         |
| 27                                                                                                                           | Puducherry                                                                                                                   | 43.1                                                                                                                         |
| 28                                                                                                                           | Punjab                                                                                                                       | 28.6                                                                                                                         |
| 29                                                                                                                           | Rajasthan                                                                                                                    | 20.5                                                                                                                         |
| 30                                                                                                                           | Sikkim                                                                                                                       | 37.3                                                                                                                         |
| 31                                                                                                                           | Tamil Nadu                                                                                                                   | 46.9                                                                                                                         |
| 32                                                                                                                           | Telangana                                                                                                                    | 35.8                                                                                                                         |
| 33                                                                                                                           | Tripura                                                                                                                      | 19.1                                                                                                                         |
| 34                                                                                                                           | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                                | 24.9                                                                                                                         |
| 35                                                                                                                           | Uttrakhand                                                                                                                   | 33.4                                                                                                                         |
| 36                                                                                                                           | West Bengal                                                                                                                  | 18.5                                                                                                                         |
| All India                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                              | 25.2                                                                                                                         |

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