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in the world and are globally recognized for their world-class education
facilities.
• The 2011 census reports 68 million graduates.

• Union territories Chandigarh and Delhi are said to have the highest number
of graduates.
• Education in the Technical field is seeing a rise. About 4.5 million engineers
have enrolled recently.
• With programmes like distance education, the enrolment ratio has increased
for Higher education.
• Indira Gandhi National Open University, a university for distance learning has
3.5 million students enrolled.
• National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) has been set up to
assess the quality standards of various universities and colleges. NAAC
provides rankings on the basis of a number of criteria.

The University Grants Commission

The UGC was inaugurated in December 1953 and became a statutory body in 1958.
The Head office is located in New Delhi.

Recent Issues
• Although we have growing number of IITs, IIMs etc we have still not
matched the education standard of universities like Oxford, Harvard etc.
• The census 2011 says that:
1. only 8.15% students are graduates.
2. Rural India has only one-third of the graduates.
3. 60% graduates in rural areas have a non-technical graduate degree.
4. Only 4% of SCs and less than 3% STs are graduates.
• There is still a need for adding the practical element to Indian higher education
system. We are focussing more on theoretical elements and degrees. In the
real world, we require training. So there is a need to shift focus.
• We still lack proper infrastructural facilities in colleges and universities.

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