Lok Sabha Question No. 3370 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-09
Subject: Registration of Girls/Women for Education
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Prabhubhai Nagarbhai Vasava

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3370 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.08.2021

## Registration of Girls/Women for Education

## † 3370.   SHRI PARBHUBHAI NAGARBHAI VASAVA:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether according to the All  India Survey of Higher Education (AISHE), 2019-20 the registration of girls/women for education has increased from 18 per cent;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (b) the  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  to  promote  education  among  girls  and women?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF EDUCATION (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

- (a) & (b): As per All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE), the overall enrolment of female  students  in  higher  education  has  been  consistently  increasing  over  the  years. Table below gives female, male and total enrolment in higher education between 201516 and 2019-20. The enrolment of females has increased by about 18% from 1.60 crore in 2015-16 to 1.89 crore in 2019-20.
- (b):  The steps taken/being taken by the Government to promote education among girls and women are as follows:
- I. Issuing of new UGC regulation for Open and Distance Learning that allows entry of reputed institutions to offer education on the distance mode.
- II. Use of ICT technology- SWAYAM portal to take the best teaching resources to all, including the most disadvantaged.
- III. Opening of more centrally funded institutions.
- IV. Encouraging  opening  of  institutions  by  State  Governments  through  the  Rashtriya Uchchatar  Shiksha  Abhiyan  (RUSA)  which  aims  to  achieve  equity,  access  and excellence in higher education. The scheme supports components such as upgrading autonomous  colleges  to  universities,  clustering  colleges  to  establish  a  university, setting up of new professional colleges in un-served and underserved areas as well as providing infrastructure grants to universities and colleges to scale up capacity.
- V. More scholarship programmes to supplement the cost of education.
- VI. Additionally, as per the recommendations of National Education Policy (NEP), 2020, the following steps are being initiated by the Government to ensure equitable access to the highest quality of education for all learners, especially women, regardless of social or economic background:
- i. A  Gender  Inclusion  Fund  will  be  constituted  by  Government  of  India  to provide quality and equitable education to all girls. The fund will focus on ensuring  100%  enrolment  of  girls  in  Schooling  and  a  record  participation rate in higher education.
- ii. Free hostel facilities will be made available for all women.
- iii. New multi-disciplinary HEIs (including those specially for women) will be opened in or near every district.
- iv. Special scholarships for women/transgender/ divyang will be introduced.
- v. Guidelines and advisories will be issued and monitoring mechanism will be put in place to ensure basic facilities amenities and safe, secure environment in all HEIs for women.

| 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    | 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                                                | Growth (%) in enrolment over the previous year           | Growth (%) in enrolment over the previous year           | Growth (%) in enrolment over the previous year           | %Female enrolment                                        |
| Year                                                     | Female                                                   | Male                                                     | Total                                                    | Female                                                   | Male                                                     | Total                                                    | %Female enrolment                                        |
| 2015-16                                                  | 15990058                                                 | 18594723                                                 | 34584781                                                 |                                                          |                                                          |                                                          | 46.2                                                     |
| 2016-17                                                  | 16725310                                                 | 18980595                                                 | 35705905                                                 | 4.6                                                      | 2.1                                                      | 3.3                                                      | 46.8                                                     |
| 2017-18                                                  | 17437703                                                 | 19204675                                                 | 36642378                                                 | 4.3                                                      | 1.2                                                      | 2.5                                                      | 47.6                                                     |
| 2018-19                                                  | 18189500                                                 | 19209888                                                 | 37399388                                                 | 4.3                                                      | 0.0                                                      | 2.2                                                      | 48.6                                                     |
| 2019-20                                                  | 18892612                                                 | 19643747                                                 | 38536359                                                 | 3.9                                                      | 2.3                                                      | 3.0                                                      | 49.0                                                     |
| Growth (%) in enrolment during 2015-16 to 2019-20        | Growth (%) in enrolment during 2015-16 to 2019-20        | Growth (%) in enrolment during 2015-16 to 2019-20        | Growth (%) in enrolment during 2015-16 to 2019-20        | 18.2                                                     | 5.6                                                      | 11.3                                                     |                                                          |
| (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) | (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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