Volume : IV, Issue : VI, June - 2014

Extent of Accessibility to Higher Education in India

Dr. Satvinderpal Kaur

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Higher education in India is passing through a phase of unprecedented expansion, marked by an explosion in the volume of students. The challenge of providing equal opportunities for quality higher education to evergrowing number of students is also a historic opportunity for correcting sectorial and social imbalances. The 12th Five Year Plan shall focus on utilizing this historic opportunity of expansion for deepening excellence and achieving equal access to quality higher education. During eleventh Plan, provision was made for setting up of 16 new Central Universities and 374 Model Colleges in low Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) districts. But considerable challenges remain, access to higher education is still less than the minimum international threshold levels. Much greater challenges continue to exist with respect to quality and the provision of relevant education. To achievingthe objectives of access, inclusion and expansion, "RashtriyaUchchShikshaAbhiyan (RUSA)" aimed to achieve 25 percentnational level GER. In this context this paper has been written. Our data source is NSSO 61ST, 64th and 66throunds. This paper has been divided into three sections. In the first section GER among different categories was discussed. In the second section GER in rural and urban area is compared. Third section includes conclusions and policy implications.

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Dr.Satvinderpal Kaur Extent of Accessibility to Higher Education in India Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.IV, Issue.VI June 2014

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