Education in Meghalaya

Number of Universities by Type, 2015-16 to 2019-20:

Year	Central University	Institute of National Importance	State Private University	Total
2019-20	1	2	7	10
2018-19	1	2	7	10
2017-18	1	1	6	8
2016-17	1	1	8	10
2015-16	1	1	8	10

Source: All India Survey on Higher Education, 2019-20

Various College Indicators, 2015-16 to 2019-20:

Particulars	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20
Number of College	63	63	60	63	67
Average Enrolment per College	1087	938	1087	1039	1105
College per Lakh Population	18	18	18	19	20

Source: All India Survey on Higher Education, 2019-20

Estimated Student Enrolment at various levels, 2015-16 to 2019-20:

Year	Ph.D.			M.Phil.			Post Graduate
Year	Male	Female	Both	Male	Female	Both	Male	Female	Both
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
2019-20	492	378	870	10	23	33	4146	6139	10285
2018-19	475	678	1153	29	46	75	3760	5817	9577
2017-18	466	513	979	29	57	86	4535	4907	9441
2016-17	471	492	963	108	137	245	3649	5436	9085
2015-16	382	428	810	61	142	203	3683	5333	9016

Contd.

Year	Under Graduate			PG Diploma			Diploma
Year	Male	Female	Both	Male	Female	Both	Male	Female	Both
1	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
2019-20	33881	39321	73202	114	70	184	1083	1666	2749
2018-19	33868	38949	72817	118	85	203	1159	1853	3012
2017-18	34233	36156	70389	122	112	234	890	1482	2372
2016-17	33487	33924	67411	119	109	228	833	1215	2048
2015-16	29772	30082	59854	109	84	193	496	816	1312

Contd.

Year	Certificate			Integrated			Grand Total
Year	Male	Female	Both	Male	Female	Both	Male	Female	Both
1	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
2019-20	48	48	96	70	52	122	39844	47697	87541
2018-19				52	42	94	39461	47470	86931
2017-18	113	141	254	40	27	67	40428	43394	83822
2016-17	193	81	274	21	17	38	38881	41411	80292
2015-16	88	78	166	8	5	13	34599	36968	71567

Source: All India Survey on Higher Education, 2019-20

Social Group-wise Enrolment, 2015-16 to 2019-20:

Year	All			SC			ST			OBC
Year	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
2019-20	39844	47697	87541	1124	824	1948	29208	39413	68621	2503	1460	3963
2018-19	39461	47470	86931	909	2112	3021	29641	38383	68024	2446	1421	3867
2017-18	40428	43394	83822	568	376	944	25989	30948	56937	2292	1337	3629
2016-17	38881	41411	80292	583	450	1033	24513	32082	56595	891	790	1681
2015-16	34599	36968	71567	632	451	1083	22485	28061	50546	1054	647	1701

Source: All India Survey on Higher Education, 2019-20

Enrolment in Minority Community & PWD, 2015-16 to 2019-20:

Year	Muslim			Other Minority Communities			Persons with Disability
Year	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
2019-20	1177	901	2078	10928	13402	24330	204	163	367
2018-19	1318	934	2252	10694	13278	23972	110	182	292
2017-18	891	588	1479	10951	12522	23473	35	30	65
2016-17	796	500	1296	12633	15000	27633	35	16	51
2015-16	738	354	1092	7206	8411	15617	31	15	46

Source: All India Survey on Higher Education, 2019-20

Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER), 2015-16 to 2019-20:

State	All			SC			ST
State	Both	Male	Female	Both	Male	Female	Both	Male	Female
2019-20	26.1	24.2	28	91.6	99.8	82.3	23.6	20.6	26.3
2018-19	25.8	23.8	27.7	142.7	81.3	211.4	23.5	21.1	25.7
2017-18	24.7	24.2	25.1	44.3	50.4	37.4	19.5	18.4	20.6
2016-17	23.5	23.1	23.8	48.1	51.4	44.5	19.3	17.2	21.2
2015-16	20.8	20.4	21.1	50.1	55.3	44.3	17.1	15.7	18.4

Source: All India Survey on Higher Education, 2019-20

Gender Parity Index (GPI), 2015-16 to 2019-20:

Particulars	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20
All	1.04	1.03	1.04	1.17	1.16
Scheduled Caste	0.8	0.86	0.74	2.6	0.83
Scheduled Tribe	1.18	1.23	1.12	1.22	1.28

Source: All India Survey on Higher Education, 2019-20

Pupil Teacher Ratio (PTR), 2015-16 to 2019-20:

Year	All Institutions		University & Colleges		University & Its Constituent Units
Year	Regular & Distance Mode	Regular Mode	Regular & Distance Mode	Regular Mode	Regular & Distance Mode	Regular Mode
2019-20	24	22	37	34	20	14
2018-19	26	24	41	37	21	13
2017-18	30	27	46	41	26	14
2016-17	27	24	29	22	12	14
2015-16	24	21	25	22	25	13

Source: All India Survey on Higher Education, 2019-20

Post-wise Number of Teachers, 2016-17 to 2019-20:

Particulars		2019-20	2018-19	2017-18	2016-17
Professor & Equivalent	Male	171	160	142	141
	Female	69	65	56	59
	Both	240	225	198	200
Reader & Associate Professor	Male	244	240	201	222
	Female	229	241	219	225
	Both	473	481	420	447
Lecturer/ Assistant Professor	Male	1077	957	857	919
	Female	1539	1353	1123	1226
	Both	2616	2310	1980	2145
Demonstrator/ Tutor	Male	50	42	34	32
	Female	96	98	74	71
	Both	146	140	108	103
Temporary Teacher etc.	Male	53	60	38	47
	Female	83	83	53	62
	Both	136	143	91	109
All Teacher	Male	1597	1462	1274	1363
	Female	2027	1850	1530	1648
	Both	3624	3312	2804	3011
Visiting Teacher	Male	2	3	2	2
	Female	11	10	5	5
	Both	13	13	7	7

Source: All India Survey on Higher Education, 2019-20

Number of Educational Institutions by type of Institutions in Meghalaya, 2012-13 to 2014-15:

Type of Schools	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15
Primary Only	9164	9260	9323
Primary with Upper Primary	137	133	152
Primary with Upper Primary and Secondary/ Higher Secondary	21	26	23
Upper Primary Only	3317	3251	3388
Upper Primary with Secondary Higher Secondary	52	80	48
Primary with Upper Primary and Secondary	71	86	95
Upper Primary with Secondary	116	209	146
Total	12878	13045	13175
Vocational/ Professional/ Special and other Education	NA	NA	NA
Colleges	71	71	71
University	11	11	11

NA: Information Not Available

Source: Statistical Abstract Meghalaya, 2016

District-wise Elementary School by Category, 2014-15:

District/ State	Primary only	Primary with Upper-Primary	Primary with Upper & Sec/H. Sec. School	Upper Primary only	Upper Primary with Sec/H. Sec. School	Primary with Upper Primary & Sec. School	Upper Primary with Sec. School	Total School
West Garo Hills	1462	29	1	524	16	17	16	2065
East Garo Hills	566	3	1	192	3	8	4	777
South Garo Hills	708	2	N.A	293	1	2	3	1009
West Khasi Hills	1287	9	N.A	422	5	1	18	1742
Ri-Bhoi	796	23	2	296	1	9	9	1136
East Khasi Hills	1561	45	16	685	4	47	56	2414
Jaintia Hills	797	9	3	240	5	6	8	1068
North Garo Hills	534	9	N.A	162	5	3	10	723
East Jaintia Hills	489	13	N.A	131	N.A	2	10	645
South West Garo Hills	528	10	N.A	175	5	N.A	5	723
South West Khasi Hills	595	N.A	N.A	268	3	N.A	7	873
Meghalaya	9323	152	23	3388	48	95	146	13175

Source: Statistical Handbook of Meghalaya 2017

Gross & Net Enrolment Ratio (All Schools), 2012-13 to 2014-15:

Enrolment Ratio**			Academic Year
Enrolment Ratio**			2012-13	2013-14	2014-15
Gross Enrolment Ratio	Lower Primary	Boy	100.93	131.08	132.98
		Girl	101.32	135.18	136.64
		All	101.12	133.1	134.78
	Upper Primary	Boy	74.03	82.53	86.71
		Girl	82.27	97.27	99.67
		All	78.18	89.76	93.09
	Secondary	Boy	48.61	56.91	59.3
		Girl	56.26	66.33	69.94
		All	52.45	61.59	64.53
Net Enrolment Ratio	Lower Primary	Boy	73.15	92.89	Boy- 94.79 Girls- 98.25 Total- 96.49 (Elementary*)
		Girl	72.72	94.53
		All	72.94	93.70
	Upper Primary	Boy	58.27	65.39
		Girl	65.16	76.80
		All	61.74	70.98
	Secondary	Boy	39.00	30.93	32.74
		Girl	44.99	35.18	38.50
		All	42.01	33.04	35.57

Note: ** Ratios are based on projetcted child population on NUEPA's estimation of Census 2011 age specific population

* NER for 2014-15 was calculated for elementary level only i.e. (Lower Primary & Upper Primary)

Source: Statistical Handbook of Meghalaya 2017

Teacher Pupil Ratio (All Schools), 2012-13 to 2014-15:

Teacher Pupil Ratio	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15
Lower Primary*	21.78	21.65	22.09
Upper Primary*	12.72	13.38	13.53
Secondary**	13.71	12.6	12.26

Note: * Excluding teachers teaching in Secondary & Hr. Secondary classes in Composite Schools.

**Excluding teachers teaching in Primary classes in Composite schools.

Source: Statistical Handbook of Meghalaya 2017

Share of Girls Enrolment (All Schools), 2012-13 to 2014-15:

(In Percentage)

Category	Academic Year
Category	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15
Lower Primary	50.08	50.08	49.94
Upper Primary	52.98	53.15	52.72
Secondary	53.86	53.48	53.29

Source: Statistical Handbook of Meghalaya 2017

Share of SC / ST & OBC Enrolment (All School), 2012-13 to 2014-15:

Percentage Share of SC / ST & OBC Enrolment (All School)		Academic Year
		2012-13	2013-14	2014-15
Lower Primary	% SC Enrolment	1.2	1.4	1.1
	% ST Enrolment	91.3	91.6	91.5
	% OBC Enrolment	0.6	0.7	0.6
	% General Enrolment	6.9	6.3	6.8
Upper Primary	% SC Enrolment	1.2	1.6	1.7
	% ST Enrolment	89.9	88.6	89.1
	% OBC Enrolment	0.8	0.8	0.8
	% General Enrolment	8.1	9	8.4
Secondary	% SC Enrolment	1.7	1.4	1.4
	% ST Enrolment	88.3	87.6	88.6
	% OBC Enrolment	0.9	1.2	0.9
	% General Enrolment	9.1	9.8	8.7

Source: Statistical Handbook of Meghalaya 2017

Annual Average Dropout Rate (All School), 2012-13 to 2014-15:

Annual Average Dropout Rate (All School)		Academic Year
Annual Average Dropout Rate (All School)		2012-13	2013-14	2014-15
Lower Primary	Boys	14.06	11.19	11.3
	Girls	12.3	8.81	9.39
	Total	13.17	10	10.34
Upper Primary	Boys	14.67	8.61	6.3
	Girls	15.25	7.49	7.29
	Total	14.98	8.02	6.82
Secondary	Boys	37.69	27. 09	25.63
	Girls	34.42	24.94	23.97
	Total	35.94	25.93	24.74

Source: Statistical Handbook of Meghalaya 2017

Enrolment of Students in Teachers Training Colleges, Colleges and Universities, 2011-12 to 2014-15:

Institutions	Government/Private Aided/Unaided/Total	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15
Teachers Training College	Government	100	100	100	100
	Private Aided	101	100	100	100
	Unaided	192	196	196	197
	Total	393	396	396	397
Colleges	Government	7189	8609	9452	8245
	Private Aided	26393	29145	30540	32270
	Unaided	13875	14475	15436	14792
	Total	47457	52229	55428	55307
Universities	Government	4608	4737	4916	5339
	Private Aided	NA	NA	NA	NA
	Unaided	539	850	1330	2080
	Total	5147	5587	6246	7419

NA: Not Available

Source: Statistical Handbook of Meghalaya 2017

Number of Educational Institutions in the category of Teachers Training Colleges, Colleges and Universities, 2011-12 to 2014-15:

Institutions	Government/Private Aided/Unaided/Total	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15
Teacher Training College	Government	1	1	1	1
	Private Aided	1	1	1	1
	Unaided	2	2	2	2
	Total	4	4	4	4
Colleges	Government	6	6	6	6
	Private Aided	29	29	29	29
	Unaided	36	36	36	36
	Total	71	71	71	71
Universities	Government	4	4	4	4
	Private Aided	NA	NA	NA	NA
	Unaided	7	7	7	7
	Total	11	11	11	11

NA: Not Available

Source: Statistical Handbook of Meghalaya 2017

Number of Teachers Training Colleges, Colleges and Universities, 2011-12 to 2014-15:

Institutions	Government/Private Aided/Unaided/Total	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15
Teachers Training College	Government	7	7	7	7
	Private Aided	16	18	18	18
	Unaided	19	19	20	20
	Total	42	44	45	45
Colleges	Government	208	210	215	217
	Private Aided	974	975	991	1001
	Unaided	482	491	474	483
	Total	1664	1676	1680	1701
Universities	Government	331	353	384	374
	Private Aided	NA	NA	NA	NA
	Unaided	126	191	250	288
	Total	457	544	634	662

NA: Not Available

Source: Statistical Handbook of Meghalaya 2017

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