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Telangana tops in college density in country
Telangana tops in terms of college density i.e. number of colleges per lakh eligible population, according to All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE), conducted by Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD).
Hyderabad: Telangana tops in terms of college density i.e. number of colleges per lakh eligible population, according to All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE), conducted by Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD).
The survey conducted for the year 2015-16, report of which released on Thursday, has noted that Telangana has about 60 colleges per one lakh eligible population followed by Karnataka with 50 colleges per one lakh eligible population.
The survey says the number of colleges per lakh eligible population (population in the age-group 18-23 years) varies from 7 in Bihar to 60 in Telangana as compared to All India average of 28.
The top 8 States in terms of highest number of colleges in India are Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu and Madhya Pradesh which have more than 25 colleges per lakh population.
Telangana with 2454 colleges has 60 colleges per lakh population whereas Andhra Pradesh with 2532 colleges has college density of 45 and Tamil Nadu with 2368 colleges has 32 colleges per lakh eligible population.
In Uttar Pradesh, for every one lakh eligible population there are 26 Colleges. Similarly, Maharashtra has 34 colleges, Karnataka 50 colleges, Rajasthan 35 colleges and Madhya Pradesh has 26 colleges for every one lakh eligible population. Most of the colleges run only undergraduate programmes. Only 1.7 per cent of colleges have Ph.D. level programmes and 33 per cent of colleges run post graduate level programmes.
The survey intends to cover all the institutions in the country engaged in imparting higher education. Data is collected on several parameters such as teachers, student enrolment, programmes, examination results, education finance, infrastructure etc.
Indicators of educational development such as Institution Density, Gross Enrolment Ratio, Pupil Teacher Ratio, Gender Parity Index etc. are calculated from the data collected through AISHE.
By N M Satheesh
