Lok Sabha Question No. 2067 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-13
Subject: AISHE Report on Enrolment of Students in Higher Education
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Sambhajirao Mane Dhairyasheel, Shrirang Appa Barne, Bidyut Baran Mahato, Sanjay Sadashivrao Mandlik, Sudheer Gupta, Prataprao  Jadhav

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-2067

ANSWERED ON-13/03/2023

## AISHE Report on Enrolment of Students in Higher Education

2067.SHRI DHAIRYASHEEL SAMBHAJIRAO MANE:

SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE:

SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO:

SHRI SANJAY SADASHIVRAO MANDLIK:

SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA:

SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  as  per  the  All  India  Survey  on  Higher  Education  (AISHE)  report  released recently, enrolment of students in higher education has increased in 2020-21 as compared to previous years;
- (b)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  indicating  the  names  of  the  higher  educational  institutions covered under the said survey, institution-wise;
- (c) the details of criteria and parameters followed by the Government while conducting the said survey;
- (d) the details of total number of female students and students belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled  Tribes  and  Other  Backward  Classes  enrolled  in  higher  education  institutions during the last one year; and
- (e)  the  other  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government to encourage children to enroll in higher education?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

(DR. SUBHAS SARKAR)

- (a)  Yes  Sir.  As  per  All  India  Survey  on  Higher  Education  (AISHE)  report  2020-21,  the enrolment of students in Higher education, as well as growth in enrolment, has increased in 2020-21 as compared to previous years as evident from the table given below:-

| Year    | Enrolment (In Nos.)   |   Growth in Enrolment (%) |
|---------|-----------------------|---------------------------|
| 2020-21 | 4,13,80,713           |                       7.4 |
| 2019-20 | 3,85,36,359           |                       3   |
| 2018-19 | 3,73,99,388           |                       2.1 |
| 2017-18 | 3,66,42,378           |                       2.6 |
| 2016-17 | 3,57,05,905           |                       3.2 |

(b)  &  (c)  Under  the  AISHE,  all  Higher  Educational  Institutions  (HEIs)  registered  with AISHE portal  are  covered.  The  details  of  HEIs,  the  numbers  registered  and  responded  in AISHE 2020-21, are as under :-

| Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs)                                                                 | Registered   | Responded   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|-------------|
| University/University Level Institutions                                                               | 1,113        | 1,085       |
| Colleges - Affiliated/Constituent/ PG and Off Campus Centre/Recognised Centre                          | 43,796       | 40,212      |
| Stand-alone Institutions - Not affiliated with Universities (e.g. Polytechnic, Nursing, Teaching etc.) | 11,296       | 8,696       |

In  the  AISHE  2020-21,  HEIs  have  filled  their  data  using  an  entirely  online  data collection  platform  through  Web  Data  Capture  Format  (Web  DCF)  in  the  AISHE  portal. Various  parameters  such  as  Students  Enrolment,  Institutions  details,  Teachers  in  position, Infrastructure details, etc. were collected.

(d)    As  per  AISHE  2020-21,  the  enrolment  of  female  students  and  students  belonging  to Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST) and Other Backward Classes (OBC) is given as under:

| Year     | ST enrolment   | SC enrolment   | OBC enrolment   | Female enrolment   |
|----------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
| 2020-21  | 24,12,069      | 58,94,700      | 1,48,21,537     | 2,01,42,803        |
| 2019-20  | 21,56,109      | 56,57,672      | 1,42,49,114     | 1,88,92,612        |
| Increase | 2,55,960       | 2,37,028       | 5,72,423        | 12,50,191          |

(e)  Government has taken various measures to increase the enrolment in Higher Education which include issuing of guidelines allowing entry of reputed institutions to offer education on the distance mode, using ICT mode through- SWAYAM portal to reach out to people and allow them to secure good quality education,  hostel accommodation, establishment of HEIs, teaching in local/Indian languages, Direct to Home(DTH) courses, encouraging expansion of education by State Governments through the Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA), scholarship programmes etc.

*****