{"id":22397,"date":"2019-09-22T16:02:11","date_gmt":"2019-09-22T16:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.englishforums.com\/news\/?p=22397"},"modified":"2019-09-22T16:02:11","modified_gmt":"2019-09-22T16:02:11","slug":"indian-student-population-in-higher-ed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/indian-student-population-in-higher-ed\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian student population in Higher Ed: Hits 800k in 2018-2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>According to<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/mhrd.gov.in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b> India\u2019s Human Resource Development Ministry<\/b><\/a><b>, the Indian student population in institutions of higher education has skyrocketed as the growth of eight hundred thousand (800,000) was witnessed in the 2018-2019 period.<\/b><br \/>\n<b>This information was availed on September 21, whereby the gross enrollment ratio or GER of the Indian student population was depicted to be over twenty-six point three (26.3) as compared to the previous twenty-five point eight (25.8) recorded in the 2017-18 period.\u00a0<\/b><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Notably, GER represents the percentage of students found in higher learning institutions of the entire population of persons aged between eighteen and twenty-three (18-23).<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Statistics of the Indian student population<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b>The data availed by the ministry illustrated that the Indian student population in higher education comprised of over forty-eight percent (48.6%) female students. This, therefore, showed a positive trajectory as more female learners were being enrolled in institutions of higher learning.\u00a0<\/b><br \/>\nOn the other hand, statistics showed that the number of universities in India had increased from nine hundred and three (903) recorded in the 2017-18 period to nine hundred and ninety-three (993) in the 2018-19 period.<br \/>\nAdditionally, the total number of higher learning institutions had increased from over forty-nine thousand (49,964) to over fifty-one thousand (51,649) in the same period.<br \/>\n<strong>The ministry also revealed that it had developed software intended at tracking plagiarism in any academic research. This project had already been enrolled in nearly one thousand (1,000) colleges, and universities and more would follow later.\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ministry asserted that this initiative would come in handy in propelling education standards among the Indian student population.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\nThe essence of Human Resource Development is education, which plays a significant and remedial role in balancing the socio-economic fabric of the Country. Since the Indian student population is its most valuable resource, India needs to nurture and care for them in the form of basic support to achieve a better quality of life.<\/p>\n<h2>Consolidation of authority<\/h2>\n<p>The Higher Education Commission of India Bill will replace the UGC (University Grants Commission) and AICTE (All India Council for Technical Education) with a single regulator prepared after consultation with states.<\/p>\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-1awozwy r-1iusvr4 r-16y2uox r-5f2r5o r-pdqwzc r-bcqeeo\">\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-18kxxzh r-1wbh5a2 r-13qz1uu\">\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-1wbh5a2 r-dnmrzs\">\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-1adg3ll r-1udh08x\">\n<div class=\"r-1p0dtai r-1pi2tsx r-1d2f490 r-u8s1d r-ipm5af r-13qz1uu\">\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-sdzlij r-1p0dtai r-1mlwlqe r-1d2f490 r-1udh08x r-u8s1d r-zchlnj r-ipm5af r-417010\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"css-9pa8cd alignleft\" draggable=\"true\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/1136586694059151360\/UsqXh3rA_x96.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-1twgtwe r-sdzlij r-rs99b7 r-1p0dtai r-1mi75qu r-1d2f490 r-u8s1d r-zchlnj r-ipm5af\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-1iusvr4 r-46vdb2 r-1777fci r-5f2r5o r-bcqeeo r-wgs6xk\">\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-18u37iz r-1wtj0ep r-zl2h9q\">\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-1d09ksm r-18u37iz r-1wbh5a2\">\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-1wbh5a2 r-dnmrzs\">\n<div id=\"tweet-user\" class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-18u37iz r-1wbh5a2 r-dnmrzs r-1ny4l3l\">\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-18u37iz r-dnmrzs\">\n<div class=\"css-901oao css-bfa6kz r-hkyrab r-1qd0xha r-1b43r93 r-vw2c0b r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-3s2u2q r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-901oao r-hkyrab r-18u37iz r-1q142lx r-1qd0xha r-1b43r93 r-16dba41 r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tweet-text\" class=\"css-901oao r-hkyrab r-1qd0xha r-1b43r93 r-16dba41 r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/100DaysofMHRD?src=hashtag_click\" data-focusable=\"true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#100DaysofMHRD<\/a><\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> 20 Institutions of Eminence have been declared. <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MODIfied100?src=hashtag_click\" data-focusable=\"true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#MODIfied100<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-1qd0xha r-vw2c0b r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/100Days?src=hashtag_click\" data-focusable=\"true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#100Days<\/a><\/span> <a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/100DaysofMHRD\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DBs6ZKxqAk?amp=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-focusable=\"true\"><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-hiw28u r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" aria-hidden=\"true\">http:\/\/<\/span>bit.ly\/100DaysofMHRD<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India has been making incredible strides in the education field. For instance, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Steve Smith, Chair, Universities UK International (UUKi), has expressed joy with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.englishforums.com\/news\/indian-education-policy-draft-uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the New Education Policy (NEP) draft proposed by India<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The Indian education policy draft has excited the UK academic fraternity as it is a policy that will have positive changes.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.englishforums.com\/news\/asean-students-eligible-indian-scholars\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ASEAN students will be entitled to scholarships being offered at IITs<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Indian Institutes of Technology). Expressly, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.englishforums.com\/news\/indian-institutes-of-technology-1000\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) will receive 1000 students for Ph.D.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> scholarships; courtesy of the Indian government.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to India\u2019s Human Resource Development Ministry, the Indian student population in institutions of higher education has skyrocketed as the growth of eight hundred thousand (800,000) was witnessed in the 2018-2019 period. This information was availed on September 21, whereby the gross enrollment ratio or GER of the Indian student population was depicted to be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":22398,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,22],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22397"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22397\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}