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India's goal to improve higher education enrolment seems hard to get

Country will need more universities and colleges to meet 2035 target set by National Education Policy

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India is unlikely to achieve the target of reaching Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in higher education to 50 by 2035. (Photo: Shutterstock)

Yash Kumar Singhal New Delhi

1 min read Last Updated : Nov 22 2024 | 11:56 AM IST

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India is unlikely to achieve the target of reaching Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in higher education to 50 by 2035: A goal set by the National Education Policy in 2020.

GER is a measure of the number of people enrolled in a particular level of education relative to the population. Although GER in higher education has been improving at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.65 per cent from 24.6 per cent in 2017-18 to 28.4 per cent in 2021-22, it won't be enough to reach the goal for 2035. (chart 1)

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