Lok Sabha Question No. 2196 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-02
Subject: Female Participation in Education
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Rahul Ramesh Shewale, Girish Bhalchandra Bapat, Pritam Gopinath Munde

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2196 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.08.2021

## Female Participation in Education

2196.   SHRI RAHUL RAMESH SHEWALE: SHRI GIRISH BHALCHANDRA BAPAT: DR. PRITAM GOPINATHRAO MUNDE:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of Universitities, colleges and stand-alone institutions that participated in the All India Survey of Higher Education (AISHE), 2019-20;
- (b) whether  the  share  of  girl  students  is  lowest  in  institutes  of  national  importance  while female participation in professional courses is lower in comparision to academic courses, according to the above said survey;
- (c) if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether there has been an overall increase in female enrolment in higher education from 2015-16 to 2019-20; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof along with the percentage of increase in this regard?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF EDUCATION (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

- (a) The number of Universities, colleges and standalone institutions that participated in the All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE), 2019-20 is as follows:
- (b) Sir, the share of female enrolment in Institutes of National Importance (INIs) depends on the  type  of  INI.  As  far  as  overall  female  students'  enrolment  is  concerned,  they  had  a share of 52.8% in academic courses and 41% in professional courses according to AISHE 2019-20.
- (c) Details of enrolment in various types of institutions are given in the table below. While the overall share of female enrolment in all INIs combined is 24.7% in 2019-20, there are variations between different types of INI. 'Other INIs' - AIIMS, IISER, SPA and others have a better share of female enrolment (39.2%) than the State Private Universities and Other  State  Institutes  where  the  share  of  female  enrolment  is  34.8%  and  37.1% respectively.
- (d) Yes,  Sir.  The  overall  enrolment  of  female  students  in  higher  education  has  been consistently increasing between 2015-16 and 2019-20.
- (e) Table below gives female, male and total enrolment in higher education between 2015-16 and 2019-20. The percentage of enrolment of females has increased from 46% in 2015-16 to 49% in 2019-20.

| Number of Institutions                                  |   Universities |   Colleges |   Stand Alone Institutions |
|---------------------------------------------------------|----------------|------------|----------------------------|
| Total number of institutions registered on AISHE Portal |           1043 |      42343 |                      11779 |
| Number of institutions responded in the AISHE 2019- 20  |            993 |      38102 |                       8631 |

| Enrolment reported in Different types of Institutes   | Enrolment reported in Different types of Institutes   | Enrolment reported in Different types of Institutes   | Enrolment reported in Different types of Institutes   | Enrolment reported in Different types of Institutes   | Enrolment reported in Different types of Institutes   |
|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
| Type of Institution                                   | Type of Institution                                   | Male                                                  | Female                                                | Total                                                 | share of female enrolment                             |
| INIs                                                  | Technology INIs (IIT,IIIT and NIT)                    | 166733                                                | 40477                                                 | 207210                                                | 19.5%                                                 |
| INIs                                                  | IIMs                                                  | 11099                                                 | 4362                                                  | 15461                                                 | 28.2%                                                 |
| INIs                                                  | Other INIs                                            | 42952                                                 | 27713                                                 | 70665                                                 | 39.2%                                                 |
| Total of INIs                                         | Total of INIs                                         | 220784                                                | 72552                                                 | 293336                                                | 24.7%                                                 |
| Central Universities                                  | Central Universities                                  | 1019034                                               | 868327                                                | 1887361                                               | 46.0%                                                 |
| State Public Universities                             | State Public Universities                             | 2020335                                               | 1766198                                               | 3786533                                               | 46.6%                                                 |
| State Private Universities                            | State Private Universities                            | 835435                                                | 444993                                                | 1280428                                               | 34.8%                                                 |
| Other State Institutes                                | Other State Institutes                                | 28802                                                 | 16977                                                 | 45779                                                 | 37.1%                                                 |
| Private and Aided Deemed Universities                 | Private and Aided Deemed Universities                 | 492880                                                | 352051                                                | 844931                                                | 41.7%                                                 |
| Affiliated colleges and Standalone Institutes         | Affiliated colleges and Standalone Institutes         | 14494068                                              | 14733511                                              | 29227579                                              | 50.4%                                                 |
| (source: Compiled from AISHE 2019-20)                 | (source: Compiled from AISHE 2019-20)                 | (source: Compiled from AISHE 2019-20)                 | (source: Compiled from AISHE 2019-20)                 | (source: Compiled from AISHE 2019-20)                 | (source: Compiled from AISHE 2019-20)                 |

| Enrolment in Higher Education from 2015-16 to 2019-20    | Enrolment in Higher Education from 2015-16 to 2019-20    | Enrolment in Higher Education from 2015-16 to 2019-20    | Enrolment in Higher Education from 2015-16 to 2019-20    | Enrolment in Higher Education from 2015-16 to 2019-20    |
|----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
| Year                                                     | Enrolment                                                | Enrolment                                                | Enrolment                                                | %of female enrolment                                     |
| Female                                                   |                                                          | Male                                                     | Total                                                    |                                                          |
| 15990058                                                 | 18594723                                                 | 34610515                                                 |                                                          | 2015-16 46.2%                                            |
| 16725310                                                 | 18980595                                                 |                                                          | 35737841                                                 | 2016-17 46.8%                                            |
| 17437703                                                 | 19204675                                                 |                                                          | 36633829                                                 | 2017-18 47.6%                                            |
| 18189500                                                 | 19209888                                                 | 37426954                                                 |                                                          | 2018-19 48.6%                                            |
| 18892612                                                 | 19643747                                                 |                                                          | 38536359                                                 | 2019-20 49.0%                                            |
| (source: Compiled from AISHE reports of different years) | (source: Compiled from AISHE reports of different years) | (source: Compiled from AISHE reports of different years) | (source: Compiled from AISHE reports of different years) | (source: Compiled from AISHE reports of different years) |

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