Context:
All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) 2021-2022 released
All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) 2021-2022 Report:
- Conducted by – Ministry of Education (Annually)
- Objective – To portray the status of higher education in the country
- Parameters –
- Institution Density
- Gross Enrolment Ratio
- Pupil-teacher ratio
- Gender Parity Index
- Per Student Expenditure
Definitions:
- Institution Density – Number of educational institutions functioning within a particular area
- Gross Enrolment Ratio – Gross Enrolment Ratio or GER is a percentage measure that indicates the proportion of a specific age group enrolled in higher education.
- Pupil-teacher ratio – Average number of pupils (students) per teacher at a specific level of education in a given school-year. It is obtained by dividing the total number of pupils enrolled at the specific level of education by the number of teachers teaching pre-dominantly at that level.
- Gender Parity Index – An index designed to measure the relative access to education of males and females.
- Per Student Expenditure – It refers to the average general government expenditure per student in a given level of education
- AISHE 2020-21 – For the 1st time, Higher Education Institutions have filled data using entirely online data collection platform through the Web Data Capture Format (DCF) developed by Department of Higher Education through the National Informatics Centre (NIC).
Key Findings:
- Significant improvement on all major indicators
- Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) has improved from previous year for all social group
- Enrolment in higher education increases to 4.14 crore, crossing the 4 crore mark for first time
- Female enrollment reaches 2 crore mark, increase of 13 Lakh from 2019-20
- Enrollment in Distance Education has increased by 7% in 2020-21 from 2019-20
- Gender Parity Index (GPI) has increased from 1 in 2017-18 to 1.05 in 2020-21
- Uttar Pradesh has the highest number of colleges in India, followed by Maharashtra and Karnataka
Source: Economic Times
Previous Year Question
What is the aim of the programme ‘Unnat Bharat Abhiyan’?
[UPSC Civil Services Exam – 2017 Prelims]
(a) Achieving 100% literacy by promoting collaboration between voluntary organizations and government’s education system and local communities.
(b) Connecting institutions of higher education with local communities to address development challenges through appropriate technologies.
(c) Strengthening India’s scientific research institutions in order to make India a scientific and technological power.
(d) Developing human capital by allocating special funds for health care and education of rural and urban poor, and organizing skill development programmes and vocational training for them.
Answer: (b)
