India has been doing well in the area of education. There have been more schools opened, more vocational training facilities have been introduced and even free online learning programmes. Now this is a massive improvement considering India is a large country with a massive population. The GRE aka Gross Enrolment Ratio is what is used to see if there is a hike in school enrollment or if there is a drop in school enrollment. According to these report the Andhra Pradesh is doing pretty well.
Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in higher education in Andhra Pradesh is 35.2 per cent. GER is the ratio of enrolment in higher education to the population in the eligible age group (18-23 years). According to the report, Sikkim tops the list with a GER of 75.8 per cent, followed by Chandigarh at 52.1 per cent; AP is in the twelfth position. The GER has increased almost 3 per cent when compared to the data from the previous report released for 2018-19.
This differs from female if one were to look at the number, for male students, the ratio is 38.3 per cent, while it is 32.2 per cent for female students. For SC category, the GER in the state is 31.2 per cent and 29.4 per cent for ST category. Out of the 11, 79,687 students enrolled in undergraduate colleges, 5, 61,805 are women and 6, 17,882 men. In the PG category, the total number of enrolments stood at 1, 41,663 (68,039 women and 73,624 men). Females in all social group is highest in Sikkim with 67.6 per cent. Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Chandigarh, Delhi, Goa, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Manipur, Punjab, Telangana and Uttarakhand also have GER of more than 30% for female in all categories,” according to the report released by the Union HRD Ministry.
