Question : Higher Education

(a) Whether there is huge gap in gross enrolment ratio of boys and girls at
secondary, senior secondary and higher educational levels;
(b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; and
(c) the manner in which the Government is planning to tackle this serious
problem?

Answer given by the minister

MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
(SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL ‘NISHANK’)
(a) As per the Unified District Information System for Education Plus
(UDISE+) 2018-19 (Provisional), and as per All India Survey on Higher
Education 2018-19 (AISHE), the Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) for boys
and girls at Secondary, Senior Secondary and Higher Education are given
below:
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GER boys GER girls Source
Secondary 78.00 81.32 UDISE+ 2018-19 provisional
Senior Secondary 57.54 59.70
Higher education 26.29 26.36 AISHE 2018-19
(b) & (c) Does not arise.
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