Highest enrollment in BA courses; Engineering, Tech has the highest number of PhD students

The report said, “There are 49.12 lakh students enrolled in Bachelor of Science (BSc) (52.2 per cent of them are girls). There are 43.22 lakh students enrolled in B.Com (48.5% of them are girls). There are 23.20 lakh enrolled students in B.Tech, out of which 28.7 per cent are women. There are 13.42 lakh students enrolled in Bachelor of Engineering (BE), of which 28.5 per cent are women.

The maximum number of students have enrolled in the social science stream (9.41 lakh students), followed by science at the postgraduate level. Of the 9.41 lakh students, 56.5 per cent were girls.

“The total number of PG students in social science courses is 9,41,648, of which 56.5 per cent are female students. The total enrollment in science stream is 6,79,178, of which 61.3 per cent are female. In management stream, 6, 86,001 students have completed PG of which 43.1 per cent were girls.

It added: “5.36 lakh students have enrolled for PG in commerce stream with 66.5 per cent female students. There are 3.20 lakh students enrolled in PG in Indian Languages ​​which is divided into 12 sub-streams. The number of students enrolled in the education sector is 2.06 lakh, in which the major contribution is from women with 64.4 percent.

At the PhD level, the maximum number of students are enrolled in engineering and technology streams, followed by science.

The Ministry of Education has been conducting the All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) since 2011, covering all higher education institutions located in the country and imparting higher education.

(with agency inputs)