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The population that is enrolled in higher education consists largely of urban metropolitan dwellers. Rural enrolment in higher education is very low. [69] Moreover, a majority of the recorded enrolment is at the undergraduate level. [70] Over the last 4 years, Indian higher education has maintained a steady female enrolment rate of around 45%. [72]
In India, higher education is defined as the education of an age group between 18 and 24, and is largely funded by the government. Despite women making up 24–50% of higher education enrolment, there is still a gender imbalance within higher education. Only one third of science students and 7% of engineering students, are women.
The policy covers elementary education to higher education in both rural and urban India. The first NPE was promulgated by the Government of India by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1968, the second by Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1986, the third by Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao in 1992, and the fourth by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2020.
The policy proposes to transform the regulatory landscape in higher education by ensuring that the four tasks of regulation, accreditation, funding, and academic standard setting are each performed by "distinct, independent and empowered bodies", and within one umbrella institution viz. the to-be-established Higher Education Commission of India ...
National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) is a ranking methodology released annually by the Ministry of Education, Government of India, to rank institutions of higher education in India. The framework was approved by the former Ministry of Human Resource Development (now the Ministry of Education) and launched by the Minister on 29 ...
The education of a young woman is not as critical as the education of a young man because he is expected to provide for his family through working. In Bihar, over 24.5% of young girls aged 7–18 will drop out of secondary school. [39] It is common for young girls approaching puberty to drop out of school to focus on preparing for getting married.
The higher education system in India includes both private and public universities.Public universities are supported by the Government of India and the state governments, while private universities are mostly supported by various bodies and societies.
Department of Higher Education (India) Ministry of Science and Technology (India) List of autonomous higher education institutes in India; List of institutions of higher education in India; List of Institutes of National Importance; List of central universities in India; List of deemed universities in India; List of private universities in India