Bridging the gender and community gaps in India\'s higher education system

Bridging the gender and community gaps in India's higher education system

A study of higher education trends in India points towards many desirable and prospective policy recommendations to fill arising discrepancies

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higher education | gender gap | Indian education

Anjuli Bhargava 

As the Indian economy becomes more and more knowledge-based, human capital becomes more and more critical.

Is the country churning out enough graduates and in the required domains? Are enough students pursuing higher studies? How are girls faring? Are certain states in India racing ahead while others lag behind? What about specific communities? In 2010-11, the government embarked on a new and important mission. It began painstakingly collecting data on the number of graduates, post graduates, the higher education institutions across states, the various fields that students are opting ...

First Published: Thu, June 25 2020. 15:08 IST