Growth of Students in the Higher Education in India and Uttar Pradesh An Analysis of all India Survey on Higher Education (2010-2017)

Higher Education is regarded as a crucial stage deciding the education level of a country. In India, the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) published its first report on the All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) in the year 2010. The objective of the research work is to analyze the growth of higher education institutions and students enrolment in India and U.P. The research work is based on secondary data, collected from the AISHE report published from 2010-2017. Maximum growth of universities and colleges in India is 8.39% and 8.32% and U.P. is 7.46% and 19.24% respectively. Growth of Students Enrolment in India showed a continuous pattern but U.P. showed fluctuation in the data. There is a need to focus on equality in education for progressive results.