Lok Sabha Question No. 2479 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-01
Subject: Participation of Minorities in Higher Education
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Faizal P.P. Mohammed

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-2479

TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.08.2022

## PARTICIPATION OF MINORITIES IN HIGHER EDUCATION

2479. SHRI MOHAMMED FAIZAL P.P.:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:-

- (a)  whether  only  7.55  per  cent  of  students  are  from  Minority  communities  in  higher  education  as found in All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)  whether  the  Government  has  analysed  the  reasons  for  lack  of  participation  of  minority communities in higher education and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c)  the  efforts  made  or  proposed  to  be  made  by  the  Government  to  improve  the  participation  of minority communities in higher education?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

## (DR. SUBHAS SARKAR)

(a)  to  (c)  As  per  the  All  India  Survey  on  Higher  Education  (AISHE)  2019-20,  7.76%  of  the students  enrolled  in  Higher  Education  at  various  levels  (undergraduate,  post-graduate,  M.Phil &Ph.D)  are  from  the  six  minority  communities,  namely,  Muslims,  Buddhists,  Jains,  Christians, Sikhs  and  Parsis.  Between  2013-14  and  2019-20,  the  enrolment  of  students  in  higher  education from  Minority  communities  has  increased  by  nearly  47%.  The  National  Education  Policy  2020 (NEP 2020) also emphasizes on Equitable and Inclusive Education by focusing on Socially and Economically Disadvantaged Groups (SEDGs) which includes students from minority communities. Further,  the  Government  is  implementing  various  schemes  for  providing  financial assistance to all categories of students including students from minority communities. The details of these schemes are available in the following websites:

|   Sl. No. | Ministry/ Department           | Website links                                                       |
|-----------|--------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Department of Higher Education | https://www.education.gov.in/en/pm-usp- scholarships-education-loan |
|         2 | University Grants Commission   | https://www.ugc.ac.in/page/scholarships-and- fellowships.aspx       |

|   3. | All India Council for Technical Education   | https://www.aicte- india.org/bureaus/rifd/Scholarship-Schemes                                                                                                                                                                |
|------|---------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    4 | Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment    | https://socialjustice.gov.in/scheme-cat                                                                                                                                                                                      |
|    5 | Ministry of Tribal Affairs                  | https://tribal.nic.in/ScholarshiP.aspx                                                                                                                                                                                       |
|    6 | Ministry of Minority Affairs                | https://www.minorityaffairs.gov.in/en/schemesperf ormance/scholarship-schemes                                                                                                                                                |
|    7 | Ministry of Science and Technology          | https://dst.gov.in/scholarships-awards , https://csirhrdg.res.in/Home/Index/1/Default/2649/6 0 , https://dbtindia.gov.in/schemes- programmes/building-capacities/national- fellowships/dbt-junior-research-fellowship-dbtjrf |

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