The Ministry of Education, Government of India, recently released the All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) 2021-2022

Highlights of AISHE 2021-22:

In 2021-22, the overall gross enrollment ratio (GER) in higher education for the 18-23 year age group increased to 28.4%, from 27.3% in 2020-21 and 23.7% in the base year 2014-15.
Female GER increased from 27.9% (2.01 crore) in 2020-21 and 22.9% in 2014-15 to 28.5% (2.07 crore) in 2021-22.
The GER of Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) students has also increased by about 2%. In 2020-21, the GER of SC students was 25.6% and that of ST students was 23.4%, while in 2021-22 it increased to 27.2% and 25.8% respectively.
Enrollment of OBC students has also increased from 1.13 crore in 2014-15 to 1.63 crore in 2021-22.
About 78.9 percent of the total students are enrolled in undergraduate-level courses and 12.1 percent are enrolled in postgraduate-level courses.
Among undergraduate-level subjects in AISHE 2021-22, Arts (34.2%) have the highest enrollment, followed by science (14.8%), commerce (13.3%), engineering & technology (11.8%).
Among postgraduate-level streams in AISHE 2021-22, the majority of students are enrolled in social sciences (21.1%), followed by sciences (14.7%).
Government universities constitute 58.6% of the total universities, contributing 73.7% of the total enrolment, and private universities contribute 26.3% of the total enrolment.
The total number of registered universities or university-level institutions is 1,168, colleges 45,473 and standalone institutions 12,002.
According to the survey, the total number of faculty/teachers in 2021-22 is 15.98 lakh, of which about 56.6% are males and 43.4% are females.

All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE):

AISHE reports have been published by the Ministry of Education since 2011.
The objective of this survey is to portray the status of higher education in the country.
The survey covers all institutions providing higher education in the country.
Data is being collected on multiple parameters, such as teachers, student enrollment , programmes, examination results, education finance and infrastructure.
Indicators of educational development such as institution density, gross enrollment ratio, student-teacher ratio, gender parity index, per student expenditure will also be calculated from the data collected through AISHE.
For the purpose of this survey, higher education is defined as education obtained after completing 12 years of schooling or equivalent.