18% more women in higher education in 5 years

However, it is in the professional and technical courses where female enrolment is significantly lower.The Gross Enrolment Ratio of females stands at 27.3%, which is better in comparison to that of males 26.9%.

"In the last five years from 2015-16 to 2019-20, there has been a growth of 11.4% in student enrolment.

The rise in female enrolment in higher education during the period is 18.2%.

"Share of female students is lowest for institutes of national importance (24.7%) followed by deemed universities government (33.4%) and state private universities (34.7%), whereas the share of female students for institutes under State Legislature Act is 61.2%."

However, BSc (honours) with 54.8% males, MBA (57.4% males) BTech (71.5% males) and BE (71% males) is a different story.