In the statistics of enrolments in training colleges, the enrolments of graduates preparing for the B.T. or B.Ed. degree are mixed up with those of matriculates undergoing a one or two year course. The enrolments in the B.T. or B.Ed. class are also separately available in the publication, Education in Universities issued by the Ministry of Education. Deducting these, after making adjustments for certain relevant factors, we estimated the enrolments of students in the training colleges who have completed the secondary school stage only. These have been shown as belonging to the higher secondary stage.

Similarly the enrolments for Intermediate Science (Agriculture) have been estimated and shown as vocational education at the school stage corresponding to Classes XI and XII.

In the same way we have estimated the enrolments in Intermediate (Commerce) and as pointed out earlier these have been shown under general education at the higher secondary stage.

All the remaining enrolments in the professional courses in higher education were divided into two categories: enrolments at the first degree stage (or undergraduate) and enrolments at the second and research degrees (or postgraduate).

AI.16. The retabulated enrolments on the above assumptions have been shown in Table Al. 10.

AI.17. Total Enrolments. The total enrolments in the educational system as a whole, re-tabulated on the lines indicated above, are given in Table Al. 11. In this context the following points may be noted:

(i) Enrolments in vocational education corresponding to the lower secondary stage (Classes VIII-X) have been taken from the school portion in Table Al. 9.

(ii) Enrolments in vocational education corresponding to the higher secondary stage (Classes XI-XII) have been taken from Tables Al. 9 and AI. 10.

(iii) No attempt has been made to retabulate the enrolments in special schools and colleges. These have been reproduced from the publications of the Ministry of Education.

AI.18. Enrolment Statistics published by the Ministry of Education. The enrolment statistics published by the Ministry of Education adopt a different system of equivalence at the school stage. They start by equating the lowest classes with one another, i.e. Infant 'A' in Assam, Class I in a State like Maharashtra with 11-year school system and also Class I in a State like Uttar Pradesh with a 10-year school system are all equated together. The equivalence proceeds upwards class by class. In this method, the main weakness is that classes which are quite unlike to each other are added together. For example, Class X of Uttar Pradesh which is matriculation class is added to Class X of Bihar which is pre-matriculation class or Class XI of Delhi which is the higher secondary class is added to Class XI of Maharashtra which is the matriculation class.

The enrolments according to this system have been Riven in Table Al. 12 for purposes of comparison. It will be seen that the totals of enrolments in Tables Al. 11 and Al. 12 tally. But the enrolments at substages do not tally for reasons already explained.

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