School enrolment up by 4.2 mn in FY20
3 years, 5 months ago

School enrolment up by 4.2 mn in FY20

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Indian schools taught 265 million students in 2019-20, at least 4.2 million more than the year-ago period, while the number of teachers rose by 250,000 during the period, the union education ministry on Thursday said in its Unified District Information System for Education report 2019-20. Including pre-primary students enrolled in formal schools, the “total enrolment of all the schools in the UDISE+ system have crossed 26.45 crore in 2019-20, which is an increase of more than 42 lakh over the previous year 2018-19,” the annual national report of the ministry showed. in upper primary, secondary and higher secondary, school enrolment has increased, showing an improvement in the ability of the system to retain more and more children in the system of school education over time,” the report said. The education ministry said, between 2012-13 and 2019-20, the gender parity index at both Secondary and Higher Secondary levels had improved.

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38.5% rise in women's enrolment in higher education in a decade
6 days, 13 hours ago

38.5% rise in women's enrolment in higher education in a decade

India Today  

India’s higher education sector has undergone a noticeable transformation over the past decade, reflecting the country’s commitment to inclusivity and global competitiveness. Student enrolment in higher education institutions has risen by 30.5%, from 3.42 crore in 2014-15 to 4.46 crore in 2022-23. India’s Gross Enrolment Ratio in higher education also improved, reflecting enhanced accessibility and inclusivity. The rise in female …

Telangana Sees Decline in Girl Student Enrolment Post-Covid
1 week, 6 days ago

Telangana Sees Decline in Girl Student Enrolment Post-Covid

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Telangana has experienced a decline in the enrolment of girl students in the post-Covid years, though the number of girls joining schools are still higher than that of boys, as reflected in the data provided by the RBI handbook. In upper primary education, the GPI declined from 1.0 to 0.98 over the same period, indicating fewer girls than boys …

Gross Enrollment Ratio of Girl Students in Higher Education Increased: Tripura CM Manik Saha
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Gross Enrollment Ratio of Girl Students in Higher Education Increased: Tripura CM Manik Saha

News 18  

Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Saturday said there has been an increase in the Gross Enrollment Ratio of girl students in higher education in the state. ‘This academic year, 37,450 girl students enrolled in general degree colleges, compared to 35,800 boy students. Addressing the platinum jubilee celebration of Ramkrishna Mahavidyalaya in Unakoti district, the Chief Minister highlighted the government’s …

Dropout rate has reduced; enrolment of girls, SC, ST and OBC students in higher education up: Prez
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Dropout rate has reduced; enrolment of girls, SC, ST and OBC students in higher education up: Prez

Hindustan Times  

Addressing the joint sitting of Parliament at the beginning of the Budget session, she said enrolment of Scheduled Caste students has increased by about 44 per cent, that of Scheduled Tribe students by more than 65 per cent and that of OBC by more than 44 per cent. Enrolment of Scheduled Caste students has increased by about 44 pc, that …

Higher education enrolment increased by 19 lakh in 2021-22 from previous session: govt. survey
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Higher education enrolment increased by 19 lakh in 2021-22 from previous session: govt. survey

The Hindu  

The total enrolment in higher education increased to nearly 4.33 crore in 2021-22 from 4.14 crore in the previous session, with female enrolments in the science stream outnumbering male enrolments, according to the All India Survey on Higher Education 2021-22. Rural girls want to be engineers, docs but end up in arts courses | Data The report also said that …

Higher education enrolment increased by 4.58% in 2021-22: AISHE report
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Higher education enrolment increased by 4.58% in 2021-22: AISHE report

Hindustan Times  

The total enrolment in higher education institutions increased by 4.58% in 2021-22 from a year ago, with female admissions increasing by almost 3% in the period, according to the All India Survey on Higher Education report released on Thursday. Female enrolment increased to 20.7 million in 2021-22 from 20.1 million a year ago, marking a jump of almost 3%, it …

Over 19% youth between 17-18 yrs not enroled in any educational institute in Sirsa district: Study
11 months ago

Over 19% youth between 17-18 yrs not enroled in any educational institute in Sirsa district: Study

Hindustan Times  

: Over 19% youth in the age group of 17-18 years in Sirsa district are not enroled in any formal educational institutions, while 12.1% failed to read Class 2 textbooks, according to the Annual Status of Education report released on Wednesday. Over 19% youth between 17-18 yrs not enroled in any educational institute in Sirsa district: Study ASER is a …

Odisha's 5T Program Spurs Surge in Government School Enrolment
1 year ago

Odisha's 5T Program Spurs Surge in Government School Enrolment

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: In 2021, when the Odisha government introduced its 5T promise to over 8,000 state-run schools, there was skepticism among teachers. But the shift of enrolment from private schools to government schools is evidence of its efficacy Lady Lewis Girls High School in Sambalpur witnessed a 50 per cent increase in enrolment in two years. Aswathy S, commissioner-secretary, school and …

Empowering India’s youth population through education finance
1 year, 2 months ago

Empowering India’s youth population through education finance

Hindustan Times  

India is home to the largest youth population in the world, estimated at around 60 crores. Both students and institutions providing higher education face many challenges. Though education has been provided the status of a fundamental right In India, the enrolment of students in schools and institutions providing higher education is rather low. Challenges Both students and institutions providing higher …

India improves gender parity ranking
1 year, 6 months ago

India improves gender parity ranking

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: India ranks 127 out of 146 countries in terms of gender parity, as per the World Economic Forum's annual Gender Gap Report, 2023. The present ranking is an improvement of 1.4 percentage points and eight positions since last year when the WEF ranked India 135 out of 146 countries in its 2022 report. On political empowerment, the report …

Economic Survey 2023: School Enrolment Rate Increase, Steady Decline In Dropouts
1 year, 10 months ago

Economic Survey 2023: School Enrolment Rate Increase, Steady Decline In Dropouts

ABP News  

Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Nirmala Sitharaman, presented the Economic Survey 2023 in the parliament today, January 31, 2023. The Economic Survey 2022-23 highlights a marked improvement in Gross Enrolment Ratio and Gender Parity in schools. Besides improved GER in school enrolment, the Economic Survey 2022-23 has also picked out the welcoming decrease in school drop-out rates. The …

Enrolment in Karnataka schools improves, but learning level drops: ASER 2022
1 year, 11 months ago

Enrolment in Karnataka schools improves, but learning level drops: ASER 2022

The Hindu  

At a time when the enrolment in schools has improved, the reading level of students has further dropped in the State, according to the Annual Status of Education Reports 2022. Drop in reading level The report states that the percentage of children in class 3 in government and private schools, who can read class 2 level, dropped from 19.3% in …

Investing right and early: How early years in school determines academic excellence
2 years, 3 months ago

Investing right and early: How early years in school determines academic excellence

Firstpost  

As the world celebrates International Day of Literacy, India has as much to celebrate about as much to worry. Similarly, in India’s aspirational districts, for example, the probability of girls getting primary education is about 42 per cent lower than boys, and it remains so even when other variables, such as religion and caste, are controlled. Acknowledging its deep stratified …

Target of 100% enrolment in schools by 2030: Dharmendra Pradhan
3 years, 3 months ago

Target of 100% enrolment in schools by 2030: Dharmendra Pradhan

India TV News  

Under the New Education Policy, the Union Education Ministry on Wednesday said it has set a new target of ensuring 100 per cent enrolment of children in schools across the country during the next nine years. Giving information on this subject on the 61st foundation day of the NCERT, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said that by 2030, there is …

West Bengal has more girl students than boys
3 years, 5 months ago

West Bengal has more girl students than boys

India TV News  

West Bengal is the only major state in the country where girl students have outnumbered boys. Interestingly enough when 14.1 per cent boys have dropped out, the girl students dropout rate is only 13.6 per cent. Equally in the primary section that is between Class I to Class IV, the national dropout rate is 1.5 per cent whereas in West …

UDISE+ Report: More children to get access to hand wash, electricity
3 years, 5 months ago

UDISE+ Report: More children to get access to hand wash, electricity

India Today  

Nearly 17 % of schools in the country suffered from a lack of electricity in 2019-20 and many of them did not have even a basic hand wash facility, according to the United Information System for Education Plus 2019-20 report for School Education released by Union Education Minister, Ramesh Pokhriyal on Thursday. As per the UDISE+ report 2019-20, the Gross …

UDISE Plus report 2019-20: From enrollment to pupil-teacher ratio, condition of Indian schools improve; key highlights
3 years, 5 months ago

UDISE Plus report 2019-20: From enrollment to pupil-teacher ratio, condition of Indian schools improve; key highlights

Firstpost  

However, as per the UDISE+ 2019-20 report, an overwhelming majority of schools in India have neither computers nor internet access On Tuesday, Union minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank released the Unified District Information System for Education Plus report 2019-2020. What the 2019-20 report says The total enrolment in 2019-20 from primary to higher secondary levels of school education was a little …

Education ministry's AISHE report shows more female students pursuing higher education
3 years, 6 months ago

Education ministry's AISHE report shows more female students pursuing higher education

India Today  

There has been an impressive 11.4% growth in student enrollment in the last five years according to the latest All India Survey of Higher Education or AISHE report. Most significantly, the report showed a rise in the number of female students pursuing higher education. Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ today announced the release of the report of All India …

10 million girls at risk of dropping out of school because of the COVID-19 pandemic: RTE Forum
3 years, 10 months ago

10 million girls at risk of dropping out of school because of the COVID-19 pandemic: RTE Forum

The Hindu  

Ten million girls in India could drop out of secondary school due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a Right to Education Forum policy brief. With 1.6 million girls aged 11 to 14 years currently out of school, the pandemic could disproportionately impact girls further by putting them at risk of early marriage, early pregnancy, poverty, trafficking and violence. For …

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