Education Sector In India

Devil’s Advocate
2 min readSep 12, 2024

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How is the education sector in India? It is not bad at all at certain levels and needs definite focus in certain areas. Let’s decode the data.

  1. Primary Enrollment:

India performs well in primary enrollment with a gross enrollment ratio of 108% (2021), higher than countries like the US (98%), UK (102%), and even surpassing the global average of 101%.

2. Secondary Enrollment:

India’s secondary enrollment ratio stands at 79% (2021), still above the global average of 77%, but it is lower than countries like the US (101%), UK (113%), and Japan (103%).

3. Tertiary Enrollment:

At the tertiary (higher education) level, India’s enrollment ratio is 32%, far below the global average of 42%. This highlights the need for improvements in higher education accessibility, compared to countries like the US (85%), UK (77%), and Japan (72%).

4. Higher Education Universe:

  • Undergraduate Enrollment: 78.9% of India’s higher education students are enrolled in undergraduate courses.
  • Postgraduate Enrollment: 12.1% are in postgraduate courses.

5. Education in 2047 (Projections):

  • 300–350 million students expected in schools (up from 265 million currently).
  • 100–120 million students expected in higher education (up from 43 million currently).
  • Schools required: 2–2.2 million schools (from the current 1.5 million).
  • Colleges required: 80,000–100,000 colleges (from 40,000+ at present).
  • Universities required: 2,000–2,500 universities (from around 1,000+ now).

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