Many Indians now attend college, and a higher percentage of women are now in college than men. That’s a big change from the past, in which men were more likely to attend college than women. “Higher education is growing rapidly in India….India’s higher-education gross enrollment ratio—the total number of enrolled students divided by the college-aged population—rose from 23.7 percent in 2014–15 to 30 percent in 2023–24. The female gross enrollment ratio increased even faster, from 22.9 percent to 31.2 percent,” notes The Doomslayer.
DD India reports:
India’s institutional footprint in higher education has expanded considerably over the decade.
The number of universities increased from 760 in 2014-15 to 1,289 in 2023-24, registering a growth of 69.6 per cent. The number of colleges rose from 38,498 to 48,246, an increase of 25.3 per cent, while standalone institutions increased from 12,276 to 15,221, registering growth of about 24 per cent…
The Gross Enrollment Ratio (GER) also improved steadily, rising from 23.7 per cent in 2014-15 to 29.5 per cent in 2022-23 and 30 per cent in 2023-24…Female enrollment increased by 42.2 per cent, from 1.57 crore in 2014-15 to 2.24 crore in 2023-24, outpacing the growth in total enrollment…
The Gender Parity Index (GPI) in higher education also improved from 0.92 in 2014-15 to 1.08 in 2023-24. Among SC students, GPI increased from 0.91 to 1.11, while among ST students it rose from 0.81 to 1.08.
A GPI of one represents parity between male and female participation, while a figure above one indicates higher female participation.
In India, many more people attend college than in neighboring Bangladesh and Pakistan. Pakistan’s college-enrollment rate is only 10 percent, compared to India’s rate of over 30%. Bangladesh used to be much poorer than India, but it mostly caught up with India in the 2010’s, due to steady growth in its garment export sector. Now India and Bangladesh have relatively similar living standards, with Bangladesh having a per capita income about 85% of India’s.
Malaysia is four times as rich as India, but it has a fairly similar percentage of its people attending college.
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