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EDUCATION

Higher Education in Contemporary India: Stagewise Structure & Facultywise Specturm Level-wise Enrolment in Higher Education

Year

Undergraduate

Postgraduate

Research

VC*

Total Enrolment

No.

%

No.

%

No.

%

No.

%

No.

1950-51

145389

83.7

19992

11.5

1434

0.83

6881

3.97

173696

1960-61 1970-71 1980-81 1988-89*

471658

84.7 89.4 87.2 88.0

58908

10.6

5083

0.91 0.68 1.20 1.10

20910 33057 45444 55271

3.79 1.72

556559 1953640 2752437 3947922

1746090 2401485 3474171

161182 273337 375053

8.2 9.9 9.5

133311

32171 43427

1.7 1.4

VC * = change vacancies caused by multiple course enrolment application

Higher Education in Contemporary India: Stagewise Structure and Facultywise Spectrum Faculty wise Enrolment in Higher Education

Year

Percentage to the Total Enrolment

Arts

Sc.

Com.

Engg./Tec.

Med.

Edn.

Agri

Law

Vet. Sc.

Others

1960-62

44.9

30.0

10.2

3.6

2.7

' 1.5

1.3

2.3

0.5

3.0

1970-71 1980-81 1988-89

44.3 40.5 40.3

31.7 19.4 19.7

11.5 20.1 21.5

3.0 4.7 4.6

3.3 4.0

1.8 2.6 2.3

1.4 1.4 1.3

2.3 6.3 5.8

0.2 0.3 0.3

0.4 0.7 0.6

3.6

Facultywise Enrolment in Higher Education

Year

Ph.D Degree Awarded

Arts

Sc.

Com.

Engg./Tec.

Med.

Edn.

Agri

Vet. Sc.

Law

Others

-

-

1960-62

314

401

15

9

20

14

41

1

1970-71 1980-81 1987-88*

876

1103 2792 2842

58

42

99

33 44 93

216 466 557

26 60 74

5

3

2246 2933

105 225

173 205

139

13 51

42 59

236

DETERIORATION INQUALITY On account of unregulated growth of colleges and universities, which was due to continuous pressure for equity and social justice and the craze for government jobs, especially white collared ones, it was not possible for the government to monitor, evaluate and maintain or develop quality in higher education. Though a few truly qualitative institutes of excellence like the IITs in Eng ineering or IIMs in Management, IISc, (in Science), Institutes of Social Science Research like Tata Institute of Fundamental Social Science, Re- search, the number of such institutes is a drop in the ocean. By and large, colleges and even a number of universities have become notorious for low standards and malpractices in examinations. No. of PH.D. Awarded (in ’000s) 8