I.K.G PTU organised 2nd Workshop on All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE)

Jalandhar, January 28, 2016: As per the directions of MHRD, Govt of India, 2nd workshop was organised in the I.K.Gujral Punjab Technical University Campus. It was organised by the university to get the data uploaded on All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) portal by the colleges who could not uploaded data on AISHE portal timely.

 

In this workshop, 50 affiliated colleges/institutes were participated. Two internal Experts Dr. Buta Singh Sidhu, Dean Academics IKGPTU & Dr Balkar Singh, Director College Development were specially addressed on the importance of this survey. Other IKGPTU officials Dr. Sukhbir Singh Ahluwalia, Director (Student Facilitation Centre) and Dr. Punam Yadav, Nodal Officer were also inspired the participant colleges for maximum participation.  MHRD, Govt. of India is collecting data pertaining to the institutes/colleges that are offering higher education in the State.

 

To portray the status of higher education in the country, Ministry of Human Resource Development has endeavored to conduct an annual web-based All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE). The survey covers all the Institutions in the country engaged in imparting of higher education. Data is being collected on several parameters such as teachers, student enrolment, programmes, examination results, education finance, and infrastructure. Indicators of educational development such as Institution Density, Gross Enrolment Ratio, Pupil-teacher ratio, Gender Parity Index, Per Student Expenditure will also be calculated from the data collected through AISHE. These are useful in making informed policy decisions and research for development of education sector.