Enrolment of SC/ST/OBC Students

Press Information Bureau Government of India Ministry of Human Resource Development  13-December-2012 18:22 IST Enrolment of SC/ST/OBC Students  As per the annual publication “Statistics of Higher and Technical Education” of  the Ministry of Human Resource Development, the Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) of Female (All Categories), SC students and ST students enrolled in higher education as a percentage of the respective population in the age group of 18-23 years in the country during 2008-09 and 2009-10 (Provisional) is given below. Year/Category 2008-09 2009-10 (Provisional) Female 11.4 12.7 SC 10.5 11.1 ST 9.2 10.3         The GER of female students in the country is estimated to be 16.5 in 2010-11, as per the provisional report on the All India Survey on Higher Education based on data collected up to 31st July, 2012. Data on OBC students in higher education is not available till 2009-10.However, in the All India Survey on Higher Education, provision has been made for the collection of data on  the enrolment of OBC students from 2010-11 onwards. The GER of SC, ST and OBC students is not available for 2010-11(Provisional). This information was given by the Minister of State for Human Resource Development,  Dr. Shashi Tharoor in Lok  Sabha on Wednesday.

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