Lok Sabha Question No. 1170 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-11
Subject: Enrolment details of Students and Development of Education in HEIs
Ministry: Education
Asked by: D. M. Kathir Anand

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-1170

ANSWERED ON-11/12/2023

## ENROLMENT DETAILS OF STUDENTS AND DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATION IN HEIs

1170. SHRI D.M. KATHIR ANAND:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is a fact that there are nearly 52,000 institutions and 40 million students in Indian Higher Education System (HEIs) which makes it the world's largest and if so, the State-wise enrolment details;
- (b)  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  fix  the  problems  in  Higher  Education  system particularly the mushrooming institutions, quality and employability; and
- (c) whether the Government has any plans to allocate 5 per cent of its GDP for the development of education in the country and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

## (DR. SUBHAS SARKAR)

- (a) As per the All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) 2021-22 (Provisional) there are  58,643  Higher  Education  Institutions  (1168  universities/  university  level  institutions; 45,473 colleges and 12,002 standalone institutions). The total Student Enrolment as per the AISHE 2021-22 (Provisional) is 4.33 crore, which has increased significantly from 3.42 crore in 2014-15. The state wise enrolment is available at the link https://www.education.gov.in/parl\_ques  .
- (b) Several  steps  have  been  taken  in  line  with  the  recommendations  of  the  National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, to revamp the higher education system in the country. University Grants Commission (UGC) has issued guidelines for transforming stand-alone, fragmented and domain-specific higher educational institutions into large, multidisciplinary universities and autonomous  degree-awarding  institutions  with  institutional  infrastructure necessary  for multidisciplinary  education  and  research.    UGC  has  further  brought  in  regulations  for  the National Credit Framework (NCrF), National Higher Education Qualification Framework, the Academic Bank of Credit (ABC), Multiple Entry and Exit for making the higher education curricula aligned to emerging global requirements and bringing in flexibility in the system.  All higher education institutions are being encouraged to join the National Institutional Ranking

Framework and getting accreditation under the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), and the parameters for these have been rationalized to facilitate greater participation.

In order to improve employability of students, regulation has been issued to provide for apprenticeship/  internship  embedded  degree  programmes.  All  India  Council  for  Technical Education has formulated Apprenticeship Embedded Degree/Diploma Program for Technical Education. National Apprenticeship Training Scheme is one of the flagship programmes of Government  of  India  for  Skilling  Indian  Youth.  It  is  a  one-year  programme  equipping technically qualified youth from both engineering and non- engineering streams with practical knowledge  and  skills  required  in  their  field  of  work.  In  addition  to  these,  Guidelines  for Professor of Practice, Guidelines for Industry-Academia collaboration, MoUs with companies like  Cisco/  IBM/Meta/  Adobe/  Microsoft/  Sales  force  etc.  are  enabling  Higher  Education Institutions  (HEIs)  to  work  with  industry  to  design  industry-  aligned  curriculum.  A  Single Unified Online Portal for Internship has been developed with total registration of 10560 HEIs and 71883 industries so far, to facilitate  Internships  for  students.    Around  7564  Institution Innovation Councils and 104 IDEA labs have been set up to promote research and innovation.

(c) NEP 2020 endorses an increase in public investment in education by both Central and State  governments.  The  Central  Government  has  increased  its  budget  allocation  for  the Ministry of Education from Rs 82,771 Crore for the year 2014-15 to Rs 1,12,899.47 Crore for the  year  2023-24.  Also,  the  Total  Budgeted  Expenditure  on  education  (by  the  Centre,  all States/UTs - all departments) has reached 4.64 percent of GDP for the year 2020-21.

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