Trends In Growth And Development Of Higher Education System In India: An Overview

Abstract

The present study reveals the higher education system and it is relates that the trends in growth and development of higher education sector with various measures to improve the quality of higher education system of the country. Higher education has witnessed various folds increase in its institutional capacity since independence in India. This paper revealed that the progress of higher education system and it has included, India had 1043 universities, 42343 colleges and 11779 stand-alone institutions listed on AISHE and out of them 1019 universities, 39955 colleges and 9599 stand-alone institutions have responded during the survey. About 307 universities are affiliating i.e. having colleges. About 385 universities are privately managed and 394 universities are located in rural area. A total of 396 universities are privately managed and 420 universities are located in rural area. The total enrolment in higher education has increased to nearly 4.14 crore in 2020-21 from 3.85 crore in 2019-20. The percentage of female enrolment to total enrolment has increased from 45 percent in 2014-15 to around 49 percent in 2020-21. The present study also observed that the several measures to improve the quality of higher education such as encouraging individuality, tech-savvy methods of teaching, creation the curriculum dynamic, and high-tech libraries. These are all impact of the quality higher education system in the country as well as states.