ALL INDIA SURVEY ON HIGHER EDUCATION (AISHE) 2018-19

Sept. 22, 2019

Union Minister for HRD released the All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) 2018-19.

About: 

  • Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) collects online information on Universities, Colleges and other Higher Educational Institutions under the All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE).

  • The annual publication started in 2010-11.

Main findings of the survey:

  • The top 8 States in terms of highest number of colleges in India are Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Haryana, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh.

  • Bangalore Urban district tops in terms of number of colleges with 880 colleges.

  • College density, i.e. the number of colleges per lakh eligible population (population in the age-group 18-23 years) varies from 7 in Bihar to 53 in Karnataka as compared to All India average of 28.

  • 60.53% Colleges are located in Rural Area.

  • 11.04% Colleges are exclusively for Female

  • 77.8% Colleges are privately managed of which 64.3% are Private-unaided and 13.5% Private-aided.

  • Total enrolment in higher education has been estimated to be 37.4 million. Female constitute 48.6% of the total enrolment.

  • Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in Higher education has increased from 25.8 in 2017-18 to 26.3 in 2018-19, which is calculated for 18-23 years of age group. GER for male population is 26.3% and for females, it is 26.4%. For Scheduled Castes, it is 23% and for Scheduled Tribes, it is 17.2% as compared to the national GER of 26.3%.

  • Uttar Pradesh comes at number one with the highest student enrolment followed by Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu.

  • Highest share of foreign students come from the neighbouring countries of which Nepal is 26.88% of the total, followed by, Afghanistan (9.8%), Bangladesh (4.38%), Sudan (4.02%), Bhutan constitutes (3.82%) and Nigeria (3.4%).

  • Pupil Teacher Ratio (PTR) in Universities and Colleges is 29 if regular mode enrolment is considered whereas PTR for Universities and its Constituent Units is 18 for regular mode.

  • student enrolment in B.Tech and M.Tech programmes has seen a dramatic fall.