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FRIDAY | APRIL 18 | 2014 03THE TRIBUNE GUIDE TO BEST COLLEGES Fact-sheet

■ India will have the largestpopulation in the world inthe higher education agebracket by 2030;increasing urbanisation andincome levels will drivedemand for highereducation

■ India’s GER lags behindthat of developed countriessuch as the US, Switzerland,Japan and the UK as well asthe developing countriessuch as China, Brazil,Malaysia and the Philippines

■ Compared to developedcountries India witnesses moreenrolment in Arts andEngineering while enrolment inMedical studies is lower.

■ The higher educationsystem has grownsignificantly in the past twodecades in terms of thenumber of institutions andenrolment. GER in highereducation has more thandoubled (22.5 per cent)since 1999-2000.

■ Student enrollment hasgrown 12 times in the lastfour decades, increasingat a CAGR of 10.4 per cent since 2000-01

■ The number ofuniversities/institutions ofnational importance hasregistered a seven–foldgrowth in the last fourdecades. There are 700universities at present asagainst 256 in 2000-2001.

■ We now have more than33,000 affiliated collegeswith around 20,000 addedafter 2000-01.

■ Number of central

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HIGHER EDUCATION AT A GLANCE

institutions like IISER,NITs, IIMs, IITs and CentralUniversities has doubledover the past 6-7 years.

■ Distance education thatoffers affordable educationto masses has grown

significantly. Enrolment indistance education hasmore than tripled in the lastdecade growing at a CAGR of11 per cent.

■ The number of institutionsoffering distance education

is almost five times thenumber two decades ago

■ A variety of courses andcareer-oriented programshave emerged acrossdifferent streams

■ Almost half the graduates

are not employable in anysector, based on theindustry standards ofemployability.

Source: 12th Five Year Plan: Chapter onHigher Education June 2013. MHRD

Annual Report 2011-2012

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