The state of education today article in 500 words
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There is no equivalent independent and rigorous survey of higher education quality in India. The department of higher education in the human resources development ministry puts out an annual survey—which is numerical and supply-side—called the All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE). According to the latest survey results, there are 38,000 colleges that make up 767 universities in India. Approximately 33 million students are enrolled in these universities with 1.4 million teachers. The gross enrolment ratio, the percentage of population 18-23 enrolled in college, is 23.6% for India and varies widely from 12% for Bihar to 44% for Tamil Nadu.
The HRD ministry has made a maiden attempt to assess and rank universities in India using a National Institute Ranking Framework (NIRF). The 2016 NIRF results as well as several international surveys typically rank the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) as best among the Indian institutions. Among universities, Panjab, Delhi, Calcutta, Jadavpur, Aligarh Muslim and the Savitri Bhai Phule Pune University are usually well ranked on various metrics of teaching, learning, research and placements. Chinese universities dominate the Asian rankings and even the best Indian institutions do not usually find a place in the top 100 global institutions.