CRUCIAL GAINS made in closing the gender gap across different undergraduate programmes suffered a setback in the pandemic year, according to the latest All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) released by the Education Ministry on Sunday. Data show that the number of women for every 100 men enrolled across different Bachelor’s programmes dropped in the academic year 2020-21.
For instance, a year after the gender gap in BCom closed in 2019 — there were as many women as there were male students — the AISHE report for 2020-2021 showed that this gain was lost in the subsequent year that was marred by large-scale disruptions due to the pandemic.
Source:
Indian Express
