Rajasthanhas registered a little increase in the GrossEnrolment Ratio(GER) although it is still behind national Average of 27.1%. In the recently published All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) report, Rajasthan recorded an increase in the GER from 23% in 2018-19 to 23.9% in 2019-20. GER is a Percentage of Population in 18-23 age group enrolled in higher education.
In the last three years, has opened around 80 government colleges across Rajasthan for accessibility of higher education to students residing in rural areas. Government has also allotted major portion of the budget to education.
According to the report, female enrolment of 24.3% was slightly higher than male enrolment of 24.1% in 2019-20 session. This is higher than 2018-19 session when female enrolment was 23.1% while male enrolment was 23%.
Rajasthan is suffering from poor pupil-teacher ratio (PTR) with more than 50% faculty seats in higher education institutes lying vacant. Government opening colleges without filling vacancies has impacted the higher education.
The pupil-teacher ratio in Rajasthan has been one teacher on 29 pupils in regular and distant mode and 26 pupils in regular mode. In an ideal scenario, PTR should be one teacher on 20 pupils. This is above national average of 26 in regular and distant mode and 23 in regular mode.