The Ministry of Education released the 12th edition of its All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) 2021-2022 detailing statistical information on country’s higher education system with corresponding changes over previous year on January 26. The findings of the sruvey in the form of a 336-page report says there has been an increase of 0.19 crore students in a year from 4.14 crore in 2020-21. The total enrollment for the year 2021-22 was 4.33 crore, of these 2.07 crore are female students. Government Universities constituting 58.6% of total Universities, contribute 73.7% of total enrolment, Private Universities account for 26.3% of total enrolment.
The GER has increased to 28.4. and the Gender Parity Index (GPI), the ratio of female GER to male GER is 1.01 in 2021-22 and has continued to be above 1 since 2017-18. The enrolment of SC students is 66.23 lakh, the number of ST students has increased to 27.1 lakh in 2021-22 and OBC student enrolment has also increased to 1.63 crore. The Minority Student enrolment has increased to 30.1 lakh in 2021-22.
Among Disciplines at undergraduate level in AISHE 2021-22, enrolment is highest in Arts (34.2%), followed by science (14.8%), Commerce (13.3%) and Engineering & Technology (11.8%). Among streams at postgraduate level in AISHE 2021-22, maximum students are enrolled in Social Science (21.1%) followed by science (14.7%). Ph.D. enrolment has increased to 2.12 lakh in 2021-22. The total number of students enrolled in STEM in UG, PG, M.Phil. and Ph.D. levels in 2021-22 is 98.5 lakhs.
The total number of Universities / University level institutions registered is 1,168, Colleges 45,473 and Standalone Institutions 12,002. 17 Universities (of which 14 are State Public Universities) and 4,470 Colleges are exclusively for women. Â The total number of faculty/teachers in 2021-22 are 15.98 lakh, of which about 56.6% are male and 43.4% are female.
As per the survey of the coverage of facilities in the enrolled HEIs is Libraries (99%), Laboratories (88%), Computer centers (93%), Skill Development Centre (71%) and Play Ground (91%)
The All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) is the main source of comprehensive statistics on the Higher Education scenario in the country. It is a mammoth exercise in which data on various aspects are elicited from the Higher Education Institutions of the country in online mode. AISHE 2021-22 is the 12th edition of the Survey, and the second Survey through the Web DCF format
