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The Union Education Ministry’s AISHE report said female enrollment in higher education increased from 1.57 crore in 2014-15 to 2.07 crore in 2021-22, a significant increase of 32 per cent, with 50 lakh female students. (symbolic image)
According to the latest All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE), 2.07 crore women enrolled in higher education in 2021-22. However, the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) reports that only 2.9 per cent of the total employed people aged 25 and above in the year 2023 are women with advanced degrees (undergraduate, postgraduate and above).
celebration of International Women’s Day This reflects the achievement of women empowerment, however, despite significant increase in female literacy rates, the number of working women with higher advanced degrees in the country has not increased much.
According to the latest All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE), 2.07 crore women enrolled in higher education in 2021-22. However, the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) reports that only 2.9 per cent of the total employed people aged 25 and above in the year 2023 are women with advanced degrees (undergraduate, postgraduate and above).
The Union Education Ministry’s AISHE report said female enrollment in higher education increased from 1.57 crore in 2014-15 to 2.07 crore in 2021-22, a significant increase of 32 per cent, with 50 lakh female students.
But the most notable aspect is the low participation of women in the Indian labor force despite rapid economic expansion and rising earnings. According to the latest data of NSSO under Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation (MOSPI), Female Labor Force Participation Rate (LFPR) of those aged 25 years and above with advanced degree at all India level for the year 2023 (January) till December ) is only 2.9.
Furthermore, there are considerable differences between urban and rural areas. In the same period, the participation rate of rural women is 7.0 percent while the participation rate of urban women is 2.9.
Currently, the number of women scientists in the country is 18.6 percent, while research and development (R&D) projects conducted by women are 25 percent. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in her budget statement that female enrollment in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) courses has reached 43 per cent, one of the highest percentages worldwide.
“Female enrollment in higher education has increased by 28 percent in ten years. In STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) courses, 43 percent of enrollment is from girls and women – one of the highest in the world. All these measures are being reflected in the increasing participation of women in the workforce,” Sitharaman had said in her interim budget speech last month.
The government is working in this direction to promote women’s participation in the workforce. The Periodic Labor Force Survey Report 2022-23 released by MoSPI in October 2023 showed that the FLPR rate in the country was expected to increase by 4.2 percentage points to 37.0 per cent in 2023.
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