Advertisement

Advertisement

Choice of higher education in India and its determinants

  • Research Article
  • Published: 07 January 2022
  • Volume 16 , pages 237–251, ( 2022 )

Cite this article

  • Khalid Khan   ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-7425-7031 1  

162 Accesses

3 Citations

10 Altmetric

Explore all metrics

This paper, based on the quantitative evidence, presents a micro-economic analysis of the choice of higher education that individuals make. Using 75th round National Sample Survey, 2017–18 data on enrolment in higher education (cross-sectional data), the determinants of choice of higher education are investigated. The overall enrolment rate in India follows the identity based pattern with Scheduled Tribes (ST) and Scheduled Castes (SC) lying at the bottom of the ladder among the social groups and Muslims as the most vulnerable group among the religious groups. The inequality disappears when eligibility of the student is taken into the consideration. The analysis is based on three stages. In the first stage, it analyses the decision to choose higher education for the population in the age group 18 to 29 years and the eligible population also. The second stage of the analysis based on multinomial logit model examines the choice of job-oriented courses over general courses. Lastly, the third stage analyses the role of identity in explaining the inter-group gap using the Fairlee decompositon method. The result shows that inequality exists across social and occupational background at aggregate level but it disappears when eligibility is taken into consideration. However, inequality is reproduced in terms of courses. The probability of choosing higher education is higher among regular salaried households (RS) than self-employed (SE) and casual labour households (CL) but students from RS households are more likely than SE and CL households to choose engineering and medicine over general courses. Students from underpriviledged social background namely scheduled castes (SC), scheduled tribe and Muslims household are less likely to choose engineering over general course than High castes (HC) but Muslims and SC have higher chance of choosing medicine over HC. This is to note that income background of student remains an important determinant at all stages of analysis. Students from bottom 80 percent are disadvantaged than top 20 percent population in terms of choice of higher education as well as choice of job-oriented courses. The analysis shows that the improving income or financial support may reduce the gap across socio-religious groups but the group identity itself explains the substantial proportion of the gap in higher education as well as job-oriented courses.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Price includes VAT (Russian Federation)

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Rent this article via DeepDyve

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

research paper on higher education in india pdf

The impact of caste and religious background on participation in higher education: evidence from Uttar Pradesh in India

Khalid Khan

research paper on higher education in india pdf

Pattern and Determinants of Household Expenditure on Higher Education: Evidence from Rural Odisha

research paper on higher education in india pdf

Changing Landscape of Professional Higher Education in India: What Do We Know and What Do Recent Data Tell Us?

In total, the survey covered 113,757 households and 513,366 individuals.

Alon, S. (2009). The evolution of class inequality in higher education: Competition, exclusion, and adaptation. American Sociological Review, 74 , 731–755.

Article   Google Scholar  

An, B. P. (2010). The relations between race, family characteristics, and where students apply to college. Social Science Research, 39 (2), 310–323.

Arrow, K. J. (1973). Higher education as a filter. Journal of Public Economics, 2 (3), 193–216.

Barooah, V. K. (2017). Measuring inequality of access to higher education in India. Journal of Quantitative Economics, 17 , 241–263.

Basant, R., & Sen, G. (2014). Access to higher education in India: An exploration of its antecedents. Economic & Political Weekly, 59 (51), 38–45.

Google Scholar  

Bastedo, M. N., & Jaquette, O. (2011). Running in place: Low-income students and the dynamics of higher education stratification. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 33 (3), 318–339.

Becker, G. (1964). Human capital: A theoretical and empirical analysis with special reference to education . The University of Chicago Press.

Blinder, A. (1973). Wage discrimination: Reduced form and structural estimates. Journal of Human Resources, 8 , 436–455.

Cabrera, A. F. (1994). Logistic regression analysis in higher education: An applied perspective. In J. C. Smart (Ed.), Higher education: Handbook of theory and research (Vol. 10, pp. 225–256). Agathon.

Desai, S., & Kulkarni, D. (2008). Changing educational inequalities in India in the context of affirmative action. Demography, 45 (2), 245–270.

Deshpande, S., & Yadav, Y. (2006). Redesigning affirmative action: Castes and benefits in higher education. Economic & Political Weekly, 41 (24), 2419–2424.

Dey, E. L., & Astin, A. W. (1993). Statistical alternatives for studying college student retention: A comparative analysis of logit, probit, and linear regression. Research in Higher Education, 34 (5), 569–581.

Dubey, A. (2008). Determinants of post-higher secondary enrolment in India. In Higher Education in India: Issues related to expansion, inclusiveness, quality and finance . New Delhi: Springer.

Hasan, R., & Mehta, A. (2006). Under-representation of disadvantaged classes in colleges: What the data tell us? Economic & Political Weekly, 41 (35), 3791–3796.

Khan, K. (2015). Disparities in access to higher education in India. Journal of Social Inclusion Studies, 1 (2), 168–178.

Long, J. S., & Freese, J. (2005). Regression models for categorical dependent variables using stata (2nd ed.). Stata.

Lucas, S. R. (2001). Effectively maintained inequality: Education transitions, track mobility, and social background effects. American Journal of Sociology, 106 , 1642–1690.

McFadden, D. (1974). Conditional logit analysis of qualitative choice behaviour. In P. Zarembka (Ed.), Frontiers in Econometrics . New York: Academic Press.

Mincer, J. (1958). Investment in human capital and personal income distribution. Journal of Political Economy, 66 (4), 281–302.

Mincer, J. (1974). Schooling, experience and earnings . National Bureau of Economic Research.

Oaxaca, R. L. (1973). Male–female wage differentials in urban labor markets. International Economic Review, 14 (3), 693–709.

Peng, C. J., So, T. H., Stage, F. K., & St John, E. P. (2002). The use and interpretation of logistic regression in higher education journals: 1988–1999. Research in Higher Education, 43 (3), 259–294.

Riley, J. (1979). Testing the educational screening hypothesis. Journal of Political Economy, 87 (5), S227–S252.

Schultz, T. W. (1961). Investment in human capital. The American Economic Review, 51 (1), 1–17.

Spence, M. (1973). Job market signalng. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 87 (3), 355–374.

Srivastava, R., & Sinha, S. (2008). Inter-social group disparities in access to higher education. In Higher Education in India related to expansion inclusiveness quality and finance . UGC.

Wiswall, M., & Zafar, B. (2015). Determinants of college major choice: Identification using an information experiment. The Review of Economic Studies, 82 (2), 791–824.

Download references

Author information

Authors and affiliations.

Indian Institute of Dalit Studies, Road No. 4, Andrews Ganj, New Delhi, 110049, India

You can also search for this author in PubMed   Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Khalid Khan .

Additional information

Publisher's note.

Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Khan, K. Choice of higher education in India and its determinants. IJEPS 16 , 237–251 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42495-021-00077-y

Download citation

Received : 08 May 2021

Accepted : 18 November 2021

Published : 07 January 2022

Issue Date : February 2022

DOI : https://doi.org/10.1007/s42495-021-00077-y

Share this article

Anyone you share the following link with will be able to read this content:

Sorry, a shareable link is not currently available for this article.

Provided by the Springer Nature SharedIt content-sharing initiative

  • Higher education

JEL Classification

  • Find a journal
  • Publish with us
  • Track your research

research paper on higher education in india pdf

CBSE Class 10 Maths Question Paper 2024, All SETs Download PDF

i mg src="https://img.jagranjosh.com/images/2024/March/1132024/cbse-class-10-maths-question-paper-pdf-2024.jpg" width="1200" height="675" />

CBSE Class 10 Maths Exam 2024: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Class 10 board exams are almost over. The last examination will be on March 13, 2024. On March 11, 2024, the CBSE 10th Mathematics exam was conducted for 041 and 241 subject codes. The examination was scheduled from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. A few students felt the paper was a bit tricky but solvable if given more time. Well, that’s just a view of a handful of students; a larger group might have a different opinion.

Those who are looking for the question paper PDFs for Class 10th Maths paper CBSE, 2024, can download the files from here. The free downloadable PDFs of multiple sets are provided here, along with exam analysis and answer keys for 2024.

CBSE Class 10 Maths Exam 2024: Highlights

The basic highlights from the March 11, 2024 exam. 

CBSE Class 10 Mathematics Question Paper Format 2024

CBSE Question Paper Format (Maths Standard):

CBSE Question Paper Format (Maths Basic):

CBSE Class 10 Maths Question Paper PDF 2024

Get here free downloadable PDFs of CBSE Class 10 Maths Standard and Maths Basic question papers 2024. 

CBSE Class 10 Maths Standard Question Paper 2024 SET 1

CBSE Class 10 Maths Standard Question Paper SET 2

CBSE Class 10 Maths Standard Question Paper SET 3

CBSE Class 10 Maths Basic Question Paper SET 1

CBSE Class 10 Maths Basic Question Paper SET 2

CBSE Class 10 Maths Basic Question Paper SET 3

CBSE Class 10 Maths Exam Analysis 2024

Students’ and experts’ reviews of the CBSE Maths exam 2024 for Class 10 are important. Thus, to know how the CBSE 10th Mathematics Exam 2024 was for standard and basic, check the link below.

CBSE Class 10 Maths 2024 Answer Key

Students looking for provisional solutions for CBSE 10th Maths paper 2024 can check the answer key provided in the link below. The answer is expertly verified and will be perfect to match your answers.

Now the CBSE 10th exams are almost over students can take a relief and enjoy their holidays. 

  • CBSE Class 10 Maths Most Repeated Questions
  • CBSE Class 10 Syllabus for Board Exam 2024
  • CBSE Class 10 Practice Papers with Solutions 2024
  • CBSE Class 10 Sample Papers PDF 2024
  • CBSE Class 10 Deleted Syllabus 2024
  • CBSE Class 10 Science Revision Notes for 2023-24 (Based on New Syllabus)
  • CBSE Class 10 Science Mind Maps for All Chapters (Based on New Syllabus)
  • CBSE Class 10 Maths Mind Maps for All Chapters (Based on New Syllabus)
  • CBSE Class 10 Social Science Mind Maps for All Chapters (Based on New Syllabus)

CBSE Class 10 Maths Question Paper 2024, All SETs Download PDF

IMAGES

  1. (PDF) HIGHER EDUCATION IN INDIA: MAJOR, CONTEMPORARY, INTERNATIONAL

    research paper on higher education in india pdf

  2. (PDF) Higher Education in India: Challenges and Opportunities

    research paper on higher education in india pdf

  3. GROWTH OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN INDIA AFTER INDEPENDENCE by International

    research paper on higher education in india pdf

  4. (PDF) Skill Gaps and Employability: Higher Education in India

    research paper on higher education in india pdf

  5. Research paper on higher education in india pdf

    research paper on higher education in india pdf

  6. (PDF) A study on Higher Education in India with special reference to

    research paper on higher education in india pdf

VIDEO

  1. शोधपत्र (research paper) -cbse NET paper 1(first) /compulsory paper

  2. Research paper discussion

  3. Research Techniques in Education

  4. CONTEMPORARY INDIA AND EDUCATION || QUESTION PAPER || B.ED.1ST SEM || H.P.U ||

  5. M.A. final year home science paper-4 #Researchmethodology मैराथन क्लास// पेपर से पहले जरूर देखे

  6. M.A. final year home science paper-4 #Researchmethodology मैराथन क्लास// पेपर से पहले जरूर देखे

COMMENTS

  1. (Pdf) Higher Education and Research in India: an Overview

    Abstract. Higher Education is a very important sector for the growth and development of human resource which can take responsibility for social, economic and scientific development of the country ...

  2. PDF Higher Education in India: Challenges and Opportunities

    The chart 1.1 & 1.2 shown below depicts the growth of universities and colleges in India from 1970 to 2012 respectively. The number of universities has grown more than six times in last four decades and the number of colleges has been increased from 3603 in 1970-71 to 33000 colleges in 2011-12.

  3. (PDF) HIGHER EDUCATION IN INDIA: ISSUES AND CHALLENGES

    Show abstract. ... Out of different issues, low gross enrolment ratio, quality education, research and development issues, faculty shortage etc. are identified as critical challenges in higher ...

  4. PDF Higher Education in India: Structure, Statistics and Challenges

    India's education system is often cited as one of the main contributors to the economic rise of India. The size of India's higher education market is about $40 billion per year. Presently about 12.4 percent of students go for higher education from the country. If India were to increase that figure of 12.4% to 30%,

  5. PDF Status of Higher Education in India: Challenges, Issues and ...

    Research Paper The International Journal of Indian Psychology ISSN 2348-5396 (Online) | ISSN: 2349-3429 (Print) Volume 10, Issue 1, January- March, 2022 ... Indian higher education is largely monitored by the University Grants Commission, which is a statutory body by the Union Government. It was set up after the UGC Act 1956, under the

  6. (PDF) An Overview on Higher Education In India

    A well-educated populace is expected in a developing nation. India has the world's third largest higher education sector, behind the United States and China. Since independence, India has made ...

  7. Improving Indian Higher Education Quality: Challenges and Opportunities

    Abstract. The core purpose of publicly funded Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) has been to extend the frontier of knowledge and cutting-edge quality research across disciplines. Accordingly, the HEIs should be such that can tackle social and economic questions and impact public policy. Interestingly, for attaining the desired and ...

  8. Equitable Access to Higher Education: An Analysis of India's National

    Of the various less-than-comfortable narrative strands of the status quo that the COVID-19 pandemic has succeeded in showing up in stark relief—our rather troubling (if somewhat half-hearted) complacence about the systemic blind-spots that continue to colour the prevailing culture of a clearly inequitable higher education policy-framework—easily features among the most worrying, and thus ...

  9. PDF Higher Education in India: Retrospect and Prospect

    The paper 'Privatisation of Higher Education in India: A Critical Analysis' by Dr. Sangita S. Mohanty envisages the tendencies of privatisation in higher education sector, and also proposes to monitor and govern these institutions for quality education. Dr. Rashmi Agnihotri's paper 'E-Initiatives for Enhanced Governance in Higher Education:

  10. PDF Transforming Higher Education in India : Challenges, Opportunities and

    Abstract :- This paper throws light on role of new education policy in higher education. Education plays a pivotal role in shaping the economic success and strength of nations. India's higher education system, ranking third globally after the United States and China, is a critical factor in the country's development.

  11. Choice of higher education in India and its determinants

    This paper, based on the quantitative evidence, presents a micro-economic analysis of the choice of higher education that individuals make. Using 75th round National Sample Survey, 2017-18 data on enrolment in higher education (cross-sectional data), the determinants of choice of higher education are investigated. The overall enrolment rate in India follows the identity based pattern with ...

  12. PDF The Impact of Nep 2020 on Higher Education in India: a Comparative

    The aim of this research paper is to assess the impact of the New Education Policy 2020 on the Higher education system. some of the goals and targets of the NEP include: (a) Universal Access to Schooling: The NEP aims to achieve 100% gross enrollment ratio (GER)

  13. Focus on Quality in Higher Education in India

    India has the credit of running the second largest higher education system in the world in terms of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). As of 1 June 2020, India has 54 central universities, 411 state universities, 123 deemed to be universities, 361 private universities, 81 institutions of national importance and 708 autonomous colleges and a large number of affiliated colleges and vocational ...

  14. PDF Higher education in India: Vision 2040

    Higher education in India: Vision 2040 | 9 The higher education system that we know of today has evolved over these waves of transformation; with change being the only constant Education systems have evolved over the centuries in response to social, economic and technology innovations, which in turn are impacted by the evolution in education

  15. PDF An Overview of Higher Education in India: A Literature Review

    Indian higher education system is the third largest in the world, next to the United States and China. Since independence, India as a developing nation is contentiously progressing in the education field. Although there have been lot of challenges to higher education system of India but equally have lot of opportunities to overcome these challenges

  16. PDF Higher Education in India

    The Indian higher education system is one of the largest such systems in the World. It is estimated that during the X Five Year Plan period (2002-07), there will be a tremendous ... Research Institutions and Professional / Non-professional Colleges all over the country to

  17. A reflection of Indian higher education system: An academic labour

    The growth of higher education and the academic labour market is discussed in this paper. Currently, India's higher education system is one of the largest in the world enrolling over 70 million students while in less than two decades, India has managed to create additional capacity for over 40 million students.

  18. (PDF) Status of Higher Education in India: Challenges, Issues and

    Abstract. The status of higher education in India is lagging behind in many aspects based on global standards. (Bhatia & Dash, 2010) The faculties of Indian Academic Institutions face several ...

  19. PDF NEP 2020: Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Indian Higher

    HECI will be the common regulatory body for the entire higher education in the country. HECI will be set up as a single overarching umbrella body for the whole of the higher education system in the country, excluding medical and legal education. HECI has four independent verticals, viz., 1. National Higher Education Regulatory Council

  20. PDF Digital Initiatives in Higher Education in India

    1.1 Research Problem: Higher education has a crucial role in India's ability to succeed in the modern global economic system. The number of institutions serving the sector and student enrolments in India have expanded very rapidly in recent decades. The demand for higher education in India is affected by competition from universities outside the

  21. Higher Education in India in the Time of Pandemic, Sans a Learning

    Higher education in India was caught completely unawares by the COVID-19 pandemic and the necessitated closure of educational institutions. Despite almost a decade of experience with online and distance learning at some top-tier and private institutions, the vast majority were unprepared and looked for quick solutions for different components of teaching-learning depending on the need of the ...

  22. (PDF) Globalization and Higher Education in India

    This paper describes the initiative by Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh to reform the Indian economy into Knowledge Economy by making reformation in higher education of India.

  23. CBSE Class 10 Maths Question Paper 2024, All SETs Download PDF

    Those who are looking for the question paper PDFs for Class 10th Maths paper CBSE, 2024, can download the files from here. The free downloadable PDFs of multiple sets are provided here, along with ...

  24. A Review on Indian Education System with Issues and Challenges

    Indian higher education: The contemporary issues Basavarajappa UK, International Journal of Academic Research and Development ISSN: 2455-4197, Impact Factor: RJIF 5.22 www.academicsjournal.com ...

  25. (PDF) Unveiling the impact of AI chatbots on higher education: Insights

    This proposal outlines a paper presentation focusing on AI chatbots' role in teaching and learning practices. The study was conducted by academic developers at the Western Norway University of ...