Higher education enrollment in 2021-22 increases by 1.9 million from previous session: government survey

According to the All India Survey of Higher Education (AISHE) 2021-22, the total enrollment in higher education will increase to nearly 4.33 billion in 2021-22 from 4.14 billion in the previous year, with more students going to science fields. The number of female enrollees exceeded the number of male enrollees.

A study released by the Ministry of Education on the night of January 25 pointed out that overall female enrollment increased from 2.01 billion in 2020-21 to 2.07 billion in 2021-22.

“Total enrollment in higher education increased from 4.14 billion in 2020-21 to nearly 4.33 billion in 2021-22. Enrollments rose to 3.4 billion in 2014-15. 20 million to approximately 9.1 million,” the AISHE report said.

“The number of registered women increased from 2.01 billion in 2020-21 to 2.07 billion in 2021-22. (32%), an increase of approximately 50 million people,” the report said.

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The report also shows that the number of female PhDs enrolled has doubled from 0.48 million in 2014-15 to 0.99 million in 2021-22.

The number of female doctoral degree holders is increasing every year. According to the report, the admission rate for the period 2014-15 to 2021-22 is 10.4%.

“In 2021-2022, of the total enrollment in undergraduate, graduate and doctoral programs, and at the master's level, 57.2 million students will be enrolled in scientific fields, and the number of female students (29.8 million) will increase. more than male students (27.4 million),” the report added.

The number of ST students increased from 16.41 million in 2014-2015 to 27.1 million in 2021-22 (65.2% increase); of 27.1 million people. (65.2% increase), the report states.

“The total student enrollment in the Northeastern States stands at 12.02 million in 2021-22 as against 9.36 million in 2014-15. Women in the Northeastern States in 2021-22 The number of registered men is 6.07 million, which exceeds the number of registered men (595 million),” the report said.

The Ministry of Education has been conducting the All India Survey of Higher Education (AISHE) since 2011, which covers all higher education institutions located within the territory of India that provide higher education in the country.

The survey collects detailed information on various parameters such as student enrollment, teacher data, infrastructure information, and financial information.

The study reported that the number of OBC student enrollments in 2021-22 (1.63 billion) increased by 45% compared to 2014-15 (1.13 billion).

“According to AISHE 2021-22 responses, approximately 78.9% of all students are enrolled in undergraduate-level courses and 12.1% are enrolled in graduate-level courses. “The highest number of students were in liberal arts (34.2%), followed by science (14.8%), commerce (13.3%), and engineering/technology (11.8%),” the report states.

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“Among graduate level students in AISHE 2021-22, the most students enrolled in social sciences (21.1%), followed by sciences (14.7%). The number of Ph.D. admissions was 117 in 2014-2015. “In 2021-22, the number of people increased by 81.2% to 212,000,” he added.

The study revealed that 341 universities and university-level institutions were established in 2014-2015.

“Female teaching staff increased from 569,000 in 2014-15 to 694,000 in 2021-22 (an increase of 1.25 million, or 22%, from 2014-15),” the report said. .

“Minority student enrollment increased from 21.8 million in 2014-15 to 30.1 million in 2021-22 (an increase of 38%). Female minority student enrollment increased in 2014-15. from 10.7 million in 2021-22 to 15.2 million in 2021-22 (42.3% increase),” the study added.