(a)the annual Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) from 2014 till date, State-wise and year-wise;
(b)whether GER has been increased by just 2.1% from 2016 according to All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) 2019-20 and if so, the reasons therefor; and
(c)the measures being implemented by the Government to increase the GER in higher education ?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
(DR. SUBHAS SARKAR)
(a) & (b) As per All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE), Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) has increased from 24.3 in 2014-15 to 27.1 in 2019-20 (which is an overall increase of 11.5%). The State-wise and year-wise GER is at https://www.education.gov.in/en/parl_ques.
(c)Government has taken various measures to increase the GER in Higher Education which include issuing of new (University Grants Commission) regulation for Open and Distance Learning that allows entry of reputed institutions to offer education on the distance mode, using ICT mode through- SWAYAM portal to reach out of people and allow them to secure good quality education, , hostel accommodation, establishment of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), teaching in local/Indian languages, Direct to Home(DTH) courses, encouraging expansion of education by State Governments through the Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA), more scholarship programmes to supplement the cost of education etc.
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