Lok Sabha Question No. 217 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-11-29
Subject: Gross Enrolment Ratio
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Bidyut Baran Mahato, Sanjay Sadashivrao Mandlik, Ravi Kishan Shukla, Subrata Pathak, Shrirang Appa Barne, Sudheer Gupta, Manoj Kumar Tiwari, Prataprao  Jadhav

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 217 TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.11.2021

## Gross Enrolment Ratio

## 217. SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO:

SHRI RAVI KISHAN:

SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA:

SHRI SANJAY SADASHIVRAO MANDLIK:

SHRI SUBRAT PATHAK:

SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE:

SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV:

SHRI MANOJ TIWARI:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Union Government has listed out/published data on its progress report as  per  the  various  parameters  in  the  past  seven  years  in  schools  and  higher educations institutions and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether it is true that Pupil Teacher ratio has come down from 34 to 26 in primary schools and from  23 to 18 in upper primary schools, from 30 to 18 in secondary school and 39 to 26 higher secondary schools during the last seven years and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the details of work done by the Government  to lower the Pupil Teacher Ratio;
- (d) whether the Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) for girls has increased during this period and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e)  whether  several  new  Universities  and  Higher  Educational  Institutes  have  been opened up with health education being a major focus area and if so, the details thereof, institution and university-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF EDUCATION (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

(a): The Department of School Education and Literacy (DoSEL), Ministry of Education has  developed  the  Unified  District  Information  System  for  Education  Plus  (UDISE+) system to record data on indicators of school education provided by all the States and Union Territories. The UDISE+ results have been published up to academic year 2019-

20 and  the same  is available at the link https://www.education.gov.in/en/statisticsnew?shs\_term\_node\_tid\_depth=394&Apply=Apply .  The  Department  of  Higher  Education, Ministry of Education conducts the All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE). The AISHE result are available upto the year 2019-20 and the same is available at the link https://www.education.gov.in/en/statistics-new?shs\_term\_node\_tid\_depth=383&Apply=Apply .

- (b):  Yes, Pupil Teacher Ratio (PTR) has decreased in all the levels of school education during  the  last  seven  years.    The  PTR  for  Primary,  Upper  Primary,  Secondary  and Higher Secondary for 2013-14 to 2019-20 is given at Annexure -I.
- (c): Improving PTR  is a continuous process that includes learners, teachers, teachinglearning process, learning environment, curriculum, pedagogy, learning outcomes,  assessment,  etc.  Samagra  Shiksha  focuses  on  improvement  in  quality  of education by providing support for different interventions to all States and UTs, like inservice training of teachers and school heads, conduct of achievement surveys at state and  national  level,  composite  school  grant  to  every  school  for  providing  a  conducive learning  environment,  grants  for  library,  sports  and  physical  activities,  Support  for Rashtriya Avishkar Abhiyan, ICT and digital initiatives, School Leadership development programme,  remedial  teaching  for  academically  weaker  students,  support  for  Padhe Bharat Badhe Bharat, etc.
- (d):  The  details  of  Gross  Enrolment  Ratio  (GER)  of  girls  for  Primary,  Upper  Primary, Secondary , Higher Secondary Higher Education for 2013-14 to 2019-20 is at AnnexureI.
- (e):  As per All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE), total no. of Universities and Higher  Education  Institutes,  including  newly  opened  ones,  having  specialisation  in subjects  related  to  medical,  nursing,  para  medical,  pharmacy,  physiotherapy  and veterinary category during 2018-19 and 2019-20 are as under:-

| Institution             |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |
|-------------------------|-----------|-----------|
| University              |        73 |        80 |
| College                 |      3158 |      3757 |
| Stand Alone Institution |      3109 |      3652 |

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  and  (d)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 217 TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.11.2021 ASKED BY HONB'LE  MP  SHRI  BIDYUT  BARAN  MAHATO,  SHRI  RAVI KISHAN, SHRI SUDHEER  GUPTA,  SHRI  SANJAY  SADASHIVRAO  MANDLIK,  SHRI  SUBRAT PATHAK, SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE, SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV and SHRI MANOJ TIWARI REGARDING 'Gross Enrolment Ratio '

Pupil Teacher Ratio for last Seven Years

| Year    |   Primary (1 to 5) |   Upper Primary (6 to 8) |   Secondary (9 to 10) |   Higher Secondary (11 to 12) |   Higher Education * |
|---------|--------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------|
| 2019-20 |                 27 |                       19 |                    19 |                            27 |                   26 |
| 2018-19 |                 28 |                       20 |                    21 |                            30 |                   26 |
| 2017-18 |                 30 |                       22 |                    25 |                            34 |                   29 |
| 2016-17 |                 29 |                       26 |                    27 |                            34 |                   26 |
| 2015-16 |                 31 |                       27 |                    28 |                            38 |                   23 |
| 2014-15 |                 30 |                       27 |                    27 |                            39 |                   23 |
| 2013-14 |                 32 |                       26 |                    26 |                            41 |                   24 |

Source:-Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+) 2019-20

*All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) report 2019-20

Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) of girls for last 7 years

| Year    |   Primary (1 to 5) |   Upper Primary (6 to 8) |   Secondary (9 to 10) |   Higher Secondary (11 to 12) |   Higher Education* |
|---------|--------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------|
| 2019-20 |              103.7 |                     90.5 |                  77.8 |                          52.4 |                27.3 |
| 2018-19 |              101.8 |                     88.5 |                  76.9 |                          50.8 |                26.4 |
| 2017-18 |              103   |                     89.3 |                  76.2 |                          48.3 |                25.4 |
| 2016-17 |              103.7 |                     89.4 |                  76.2 |                          43.7 |                24.5 |
| 2015-16 |              107.3 |                     91.1 |                  77   |                          48.3 |                23.5 |
| 2014-15 |              107.4 |                     90   |                  75.5 |                          46   |                23.2 |
| 2013-14 |              107.9 |                     88.6 |                  73.5 |                          44.1 |                22   |

Source:-Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+) 2019-20

*All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) report 2019-20