Female Participation in India’s Higher Education

Name of Author : Dr. Rajni Pathania

Abstract: The present study seeks to investigate and analyze womens participation in higher education in India. This study is based on secondary data gathered from various issues of AISHE and other published reports of the Government. The results of this study reveal that the enrolment of women students in higher education has increased it means the Indian Economy has been able to deal with inequalities in higher education. Further results also indicate that more females are seeking enrolment in traditional courses like Master in arts, commerce, nursing, library science, Physiotherapy, architecture, fashion management, and hospital administration. On the other hand enrolment of females in professional courses like law, computer and business administration still have lower enrolment rate than males. Since the positive policy adopted by the central government like scholarship schemes and fee concessions for women, the participation of women in higher education is constantly increasing.

Keywords : Participation, Inequalities, Enrolment, Scholarship, Fee concession

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