Year |
Primary |
Upper primary |
High/Hr.
sec./Inter/Pre.jr.
colleges |
Colleges for
general
education |
Colleges for
professional
education@ |
Universities/
Deemed
univ./Instt.
of national
importance |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
1950-51 |
209671 |
13596 |
7416 |
370 |
208 |
27 |
1955-56 |
278135 |
21730 |
10838 |
466 |
218 |
31 |
1960-61 |
330399 |
49663 |
17329 |
967 |
852 |
45 |
1965-66 |
391064 |
75798 |
27614 |
1536 |
770 |
64 |
1970-71 |
408378 |
90621 |
37051 |
2285 |
992 |
82 |
1975-76 |
454270 |
106571 |
43054 |
3667 |
3276 * |
101 |
1980-81 |
494503 |
118555 |
51573 |
3421 |
3542 * |
110 |
1985-86 |
528872 |
134846 |
65837 |
4067 |
1533 * |
126 |
1990-91 |
560935 |
151456 |
79796 |
4862 |
886 |
184 |
1991-92 |
566744 |
155926 |
82576 |
5058 |
950 |
196 |
1992-93 |
571248 |
158498 |
84608 |
5334 |
989 |
207 |
1993-94 |
570455 |
162804 |
89226 |
5639 |
1125 |
213 |
1994-95 |
586810 |
168772 |
94946 |
6089 |
1230 |
219 |
1995-96 |
593410 |
174145 |
99274 |
6569 |
1354 |
226 |
1996-97 |
603646 |
180293 |
103241 |
6759 |
1770 |
228 |
1997-98 |
619222 |
185961 |
107140 |
7199 |
2075 |
229 |
1998-99 |
626737 |
190166 |
112438 |
7494 |
2113 |
237 |
1999-2000 |
641695 |
198004 |
116820 |
7782 |
2124 |
244 |
2000-2001 |
638738 |
206269 |
126047 |
7929 |
2223 |
254 |
2001-2002 |
664041 |
219626 |
133492 |
8737 |
2409 |
272 |
2002-2003 |
651382 |
245274 |
137207 |
9166 |
4592 |
304 |
2003-2004 |
712239 |
262286 |
145962 |
9427 |
2751 |
304 |
* Includes institutions of post matric courses.
@ Professional education includes engineering, technology and architecture, medical (allopathy/ayurvedic/homopathy/unani/nursing/pharmacy, etc.) and teacher training colleges.
Source : Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India. |