All India Survey on Higher Education

Context (PIB | HT | TH | ET): The Ministry of Education released the All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) 2021-2022.
The Ministry of Education has been conducting AISHE since 2011, covering all higher educational institutions located in India.

Key Findings of the Survey

Particulars	Data of 2021-22	Increase/decrease from 2014-15
Total enrolment in higher education	4.33 crore	Increase of 26.5%
Female enrolment in Higher Education	2.07 crore	Increase of 32%
Total Student Enrolment in North-East States	12.02 lakh	9.36 lakh in 2014-15
ST students’ enrolment	27.1 lakh	Increase of 65.2%
OBC students’ enrolment	1.63 crore	1.13 crore in 2014-15
SC students’ enrolment	66.23 lakh	Increase of 44%
Gender Parity Index (GPI), (ratio of female GER to male GER) GPI has continued to be above 1 since 2017-18, i.e., female GER continues to be more than male GER for the fifth consecutive year.	1.01

Among Disciplines at the undergraduate level, enrolment is highest in Arts (34.2 per cent), followed by science (14.8), Commerce (13.3) and Engineering and Technology (11.8).
Among streams at postgraduate level, maximum students are enrolled in Social Science (21.1%) followed by Science (14.7).
Government Universities constituting 58.6% of total Universities, contribute 73.7% of total enrolment, and Private Universities account for 26.3% of total enrolment.

Total number of faculty/teachers in 2021-22 is 15.98 lakh, of which about 56.6% are male and 43.4% are female.
Female faculty/teachers have increased to 6.94 lakh in 2021-22 from 5.69 lakh in 2014-15 (an increase of 22 per cent since 2014-15).
There is marginal betterment of females per 100 male faculty from 75 in 2020-21 to 77 in 2021-22.

The total number of Universities/University level institutions registered is 1,168, Colleges- 45,473, and Standalone Institutions-12,002.
In all, 341 Universities/University level institutions have been established since 2014-15.
17 Universities and 4,470 Colleges are exclusively for women.