Problem
Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe enrolment ratios remain below the national average despite a decade of convergence
- National
AISHE 2023-24 records SC GER at 27.8%, up from 18.9% in 2014-15, and ST GER at 22.8%, up from 13.5% — both still below the national 30.0%. The gap has narrowed substantially, and its composition has shifted: SC female GER has overtaken the overall national average, which means the residual SC gap is increasingly driven by SC male enrolment rather than by the category as a whole. Evidence confidence: Medium-High for the national category figures. State-level disparities are reported to be much wider than national figures suggest, but that finding rests on a single state study and is not entered as a national pattern.
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Who is responsible
- Ministry of Education — Department of Higher Education · Ministry or Department
- University Grants Commission (UGC) · Regulatory body
- State Higher Education Departments · State Government
Evidence and sources
- AISHE 2023-24 — enrolment by social category · Official data or datasetMinistry of Education. SC GER 27.8%, ST GER 22.8%.
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