Union Minister of Human Resource Development, Kapil Sibal, released the first Provisional Report of the ambitious All
India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) at New Delhi on September 28. The report contains
countrywide estimates of Gross Enrolment Ratio on the basis of data
collected till July 31, 2012, from the Higher Education (HE)
Institutions of the country including Universities, Colleges, and
Stand-Alone Institutions.
The key idea behind this Survey and the resulting document is to prepare
a sound database on the large and diverse system of Higher Education in
the country. The Survey compiles and manages statistics directly online
from respondent institutions. The Ministry has constituted a Task Force
to carry out the Survey. This Task Force has representations from
stake-holders including the Ministry, the UGC, the AICTE, various
Regulatory Bodies, as well as Departments of Higher Education of the
States. Shri Sunil Kumar, Chief Secretary of Chhattisgarh, the then
Additional Secretary in the Department of Higher Education is its
Chairman.
The Provisional Report contains statistical information on various
aspects of all the Institutions of Higher Education in India. It is
heartening to know that the overall Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) of the
country stands at 18.8% (based on estimated figures collected till July
31, 2012). The estimated statistics are expected to be revised,
considering that data is still being uploaded on the AISHE portal
(http://aishe.gov.in or http://aishe.nic.in). Few more detailed reports
will be released as the first year of the survey comes to a close. The
Ministry has also taken a decision to continue the Survey on annual
basis which will replace the existing manual system of data collection
in higher education.
The entire survey has been voluntary, based on motivation of
respondents; and without any statutory mandate in place for collecting
information of this nature. It needs a Survey like this to bring out the
correct and complete picture of the system so that relevant statistics
are available to the Central Government as well as State Governments, in
order to devise future policies. Besides, the Report will also create
immediate awareness of the present status of the Higher Education and
its growth since Independence till date.
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