Lok Sabha Question No. 2629 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-12
Subject: Ratio of Children
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: K. ASHOK KUMAR

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2629 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.03.2018

## Ratio of Children

## 2629. SHRI K. ASHOK KUMAR:

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

- (a) whether the ratio of children opting for higher studies has remained unsatisfactory and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  according  to  All  India  Higher  Education  Survey,  more  girls  are  now  going  to college than male students and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government is aware that in several States, women outnumbered men in higher education; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): Ministry  of  Human  Resource  Development  is  conducting  All  India  Survey  on  Higher Education (AISHE) on annual basis to assess the progress made in the higher education sector in India.  As  per  AISHE,  Gross  Enrolment  Ratio  of  children  opting  for  higher  education  has increased in last three years from 24.3 in 2014-15 to 25.2 in 2016-17.
- (b) to (d): As per AISHE 2016-17, total number of enrolment in higher education for male and female  has  been  measured  at  18980595  and  16725310  respectively.  State-wise  enrolment  for male and female is given at Annexure.

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| State-wise Enrolment 2016-17   |
|--------------------------------|

| Sl. No.   | State/UTs                |     Male |   Female |    Total |
|-----------|--------------------------|----------|----------|----------|
| 1         | Andaman &Nicobar Islands |     5218 |     5639 |    10857 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh           |  1007406 |   792027 |  1799433 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh        |    23601 |    22963 |    46564 |
| 4         | Assam                    |   323890 |   316380 |   640270 |
| 5         | Bihar                    |   948748 |   696770 |  1645518 |
| 6         | Chandigarh               |    49981 |    50868 |   100849 |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh             |   253126 |   246920 |   500046 |
| 8         | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      |     2918 |     2708 |     5626 |
| 9         | Daman &Diu               |     1934 |     1185 |     3119 |
| 10        | Delhi                    |   531056 |   496750 |  1027806 |
| 11        | Goa                      |    24101 |    24568 |    48669 |
| 12        | Gujarat                  |   867145 |   590959 |  1458104 |
| 13        | Haryana                  |   493110 |   432180 |   925290 |
| 14        | Himachal Pradesh         |   125852 |   144358 |   270210 |
| 15        | Jammu and Kashmir        |   161134 |   176716 |   337850 |
| 16        | Jharkhand                |   351485 |   319552 |   671037 |
| 17        | Karnataka                |   954076 |   917218 |  1871294 |
| 18        | Kerala                   |   428520 |   604623 |  1033143 |
| 19        | Lakshadweep              |      149 |      375 |      524 |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh           |   978110 |   795143 |  1773253 |
| 21        | Maharashtra              |  2239764 |  1776545 |  4016309 |
| 22        | Manipur                  |    50066 |    50996 |   101062 |
| 23        | Meghalaya                |    38881 |    41411 |    80292 |
| 24        | Mizoram                  |    16278 |    15441 |    31719 |
| 25        | Nagaland                 |    20192 |    20570 |    40762 |
| 26        | Odisha                   |   532506 |   439779 |   972285 |
| 27        | Puducherry               |    33446 |    33472 |    66918 |
| 28        | Punjab                   |   472859 |   444691 |   917550 |
| 29        | Rajasthan                |   994972 |   813479 |  1808451 |
| 30        | Sikkim                   |    13695 |    15415 |    29110 |
| 31        | Tamil Nadu               |  1735536 |  1635815 |  3371351 |
| 32        | Telangana                |   761253 |   677484 |  1438737 |
| 33        | Tripura                  |    45848 |    37396 |    83244 |
| 34        | Uttar Pradesh            |  3220457 |  2937514 |  6157971 |
| 35        | Uttrakhand               |   210094 |   194592 |   404686 |
| 36        | West Bengal              |  1063188 |   952808 |  2015996 |
| All India | All India                | 18980595 | 16725310 | 35705905 |

Source:

AISHE 2016 -17