India’s Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in higher education is ‘very low’
SC Sharma, Director, National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), said India’s GER in higher education is very low despite an average growth of over 7% in the last decade. If India succeeds in its target of 30% GER by 2020, 100 million qualified students will still not have places at the university, he said. The Hindu