Digital Goa, May 30 – Gross Enrolment Ratio(GER) of female students in Higher Education in Goa is consistently higher as compared to their male counterpart over 5 years from 2016 to 2021, according to the All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) 2020-2021 released by the Ministry of Education, Government of India. For the year 2020-2021 the male GER is 30.8 while the female GER is 37.3. However average GER for Goa which stands at 33.8 is 6.5 points above the national average of 27.3, indicating higher rate of people opting for higher education in the state. GER for past 5 years which is on a consistent rise is as follows.
2020-21 – Male – 30.8, Female 37.3, Avg 33.8
2019-20 – Male 26.9, Female 34.2 ,Avg 30.3
2018-19 – Male 29.8, Female 34.9, Avg 32.2
2017-18 – Male 28.2, Female 32.1, Avg 30
2016-17 – Male 28.3, Female 32.4, Avg 30.2
Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) is a commonly used measure of education participation and is calculated as the total enrolment in a level of education (e.g., higher education) expressed as a percentage of the eligible age group population for that level of education. GER has been estimated using population projections based on 2011 Census for the 18-23 age group
Other salient facts highlighted by the data
▪️ Decrease in enrolment in Higher Education by PwDs
The data shows a decrease in enrolment in Higher Education by Persons With Disabilities as compared to previous years . 2020-21 :47 (male 34, female 13), 2020-19 : 59, 2019-18 : 69 , 2018-17: 60 , 2017-17: 56
▪️ Number of Teachers in Higher Education 2020-21 – Total 2394 (Male 895, female 1499)
▪️ Number of College per Lakh Population(18-23 YEARS) in Goa is 32
▪️ In the year 2020-2021 number of students taking Higher Education were 60285 ( male 29404, female 30881). Their education level wise classification is as follows- 616 Phds ( 276 males , 340 females) , Post Graduation 7577 ( Males 3113, females 4464), Undergraduate 44191 (Male 20785, female 23406) , PG Diploma 247 (males 108, females 139) and Diploma 6270 ( males 4677, females 1593), Undergraduate in distant mode 6941(male 4117 , female 2824)
▪️ State-wise Estimated Enrolment for different Social Groups – SC 1573 (male 899, female 674), ST 4844 (male 2088, female 2756) Other backward classes 11719 (male 5615, female 6104), EWS 295 (Male 197, female 98).
▪️ Gender Parity Index of Goa stands at 1.21 as against national average of 1.05
▪️ Pupil Teacher Ratio (PTR) in Higher Education is at 17 i.e. one teacher per 17 students (national average 27) in Regular & Distance Mode and 15 (national average 24) in Regular mode
▪️ Average Enrolment per College 16-17 onwards – 594 , 640, 700 , 670 and 684
▪️ The Population considered for the survey in 18 to 23 age group is 178379 ( male 95604 , female 82775)
