STUDENTS ENROLMENT AND PROFILE
Enrolment: Academic Courses An all time record number of 66,635 students were enrolled in academic courses during the year against 62,283 students in 1993-94.
A milestone was readied during the year in the growth of NOS with the enrolment of 2,173 students to secondary course through Bangla medium. Through this small beginning, a big stride of far reading impact was taken to reach out to the deprived and socio-economical1y backward sections of society in the remotest parts and regions of the country through regional languages, mother tongue.
State-wise and region-wise break-up of enrolment during the year are given in Tables 5.1 and 5.2:
Table 5.1: State-wise Enrolment (Academic Courses) (1994-95)
State/Union Territory Enrolment Percentage
Andhra Pradesh 858 1.29
Arunachal Pradesh 1,363 2.05
Assam 95 0.14
Bihar 1,112 1.67
Goa 355 0.53
Gujarat 228 0.34
Haryana 14,710 22.08
Himachal Pradesh 1,373 2.03
J&K 138 0.21
Karnataka 236 0.35
Kerala 266 0.40
Madhya Pradesh 937 0.40
Maharashtra 2,470 3.71
Manipur 1,685 2.50
Meghalaya 52 0.08
Mizoram 1,208 1.81
Nagaland 2,958 4.44
Orissa 91 0.14
Punjab 431 0.65
Rajasthan 1,949 2.92
Sikkim 497 0.75
Tmilnadu 230 0.35
Tripura 124 0.19
Uttar Pradesh 3,817 5.73
West Bengal* 8,540 12,82
Union Territories
A&N Islands 442 0.66
Chandigarh 521 0.81
Daman & Diu 2 -
Delhi 19,818 29.75
Pondicherry 12 0.02
APO 117 0.18
Total 66,635 100.00
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Table 5.2: Regionwise Enrolment (Academic Courses) (1994-95)
Zone States/UTs Covered Enrolment Percentage
I Northern Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, 42,757 64.17
Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan,
Uttar Pradesh Chandigarh, Delhi
II Eastern Bihar, Orissa, Sikkim, West Bengal, 10,682 16.03
Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
III North-Eastern Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, 7,485 11.23
Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland,
Tripura.
IV. Southern Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, 1,692 2.40
Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu
V. Western Daman & Diu, Goa, Gujarat, Madhya 3,992 5.99
Pradesh, Maharashtra
A.P.O. 117 0.18
66,635 100.00
It may be observed that students from all states and union territories excepting Lakshadweep and Dadra and Nagar Haveli got enrolled. The highest enrolment was from Delhi (30%) followed by Haryana (22%), West Bengal (13%) and Uttar Pradesh (6%).
State-wise enrolment of students in academic courses is presented in Figure 5.1.
Region-wise, the highest enrolment was in northern region (64%), followed by eastern region (16%), northeastern region (11%) and western region (6%). The enrolment in southern region was the lowest (2.40%). The main reason for large regional imbalances in reaching the target groups is the inability of the students to pursue their education through Hindi or English which have so far been the mediums of NOS courses. With the introduction of Bangla medium during the year and other regional languages to follow, the regional disparities in enrolment in NOS courses would be reduced.
Enrolment trend :
Academic Courses The enrolment in academic courses is growing over the years except for a decline during 1991-92 followed by a leap jump during 1992-93. The yearwise enrolment in NOS academic courses is presented in Table 5.3.
Table 5.3: Year-wise overall enrolment trend (academic courses)
Year Enrolment Variations
1990-91 40,884 -
1991-92 34,781 (-)15%
1992-93 53,567 (+)54%
1993-94 62,283 (+)16%
1994-95 66,635 (+)7%
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Course-wise, there has been a consistent rise in enrolment to second- ary courses. However, in the case of senior secondary courses, there was a considerable fall in enrolment during 1991-92 but thereafter it increased significantly.
Course-wise, enrolment data is presented in Table 5.4.
Enrolment trend in academic courses is presented in Figure 5.2.
Students Profile - Academic Courses A profile of the registrants in coursewise, mediumwise, genderwise categorywise, agewise alongwith the subjects offered is presented in Table 5.5 to 5.10 and Figures 5.3 to 5.9.
Table 5.5: Coursewise Registration
(1994-95)
Course No. of Percentage
Bridge 815 1.22
Secondary 36,766 55.18
Sr. Secondary 29,054 43.60
Total 66,635 100.00
* Of the three courses, highest enrolment was 55% for the Secondary course, followed by senior secondary course (44%). The enrolment in bridge course was 1%.
* 72% students of the Bridge course, 58% of the Secondary course and 66% of the Senior Secondary co offered Hindi is the medium of instructions. The rest offered English as the medium.
Table 5.4: Course-wise enrolment trend (academic courses)
Year Secondary Course Sr. Secondary Course
Enrolment Variations Enrolment Variations
1990-91 20,889 - 17,351 -
1991-92 20,935 (+)0.2% 12,790 (-)26%
1992-93 31,375 (+)50% 20,932 (+)64%
1993-94 35,098 (+)12% 25,777 (+)23%
1994-95 36,766* (+)5% 29,054 (+)13%
* including Bengali medium
* Of total number of students, male and female percentage were 65 and 35 respectively.
* Of the students enrolled, 14% belong to Scheduled Castes and 11.50% to the Scheduled Tribes. Percentage of the enrolment for handicapped students and ex-
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Sr. Secondary
Subject Hindi English Total
Hindi 23,292 - 23,292
% 80.17 - 80.17
English - 26,940 26,940
% - 92.72 92.72
Mathematics 2,026 2,936 4,962
% 6.97 10.11 17.08
Physics 1,683 3,484 5,167
% 5.79 11.99 17.78
Chemistry 1,641 3,438 5,079
% 5.65 11.83 17.48
Biology 1,368 2,393 3,761
% 4.71 8.24 12.95
History 13,341 2,974 16,315
% 45.92 10.24 56.16
Geography 7,296 2,305 9,601
% 25.11 7.93 33.04
Political Science 14,559 3,434 17,993
% 50.11 11.82 61.93
Economics 9,012 5,110 14,122
% 31.02 17.59 48.61
Commerce 1,987 2,991 4,978
% 6.84 10.29 17.13
Accountancy 1,446 2,419 3,865
% 4.98 8.33 13.31
Home Science 4,768 2,044 6,812
% 16.41 7.04 23.45
Typewriting 575 4353 4,928
% 1.98 14.98 16.96
Stenography 118 342 460
% 0.41 1.18 1.59
Secretarial Practice - 1427 1427
% - 4.91 4.91
Word Processing - 312 312
% - 1.07 1.07
servicemen was less than 1% each.
* These categories together with the women students accounted 52% of the students who were given substantial amount of subsidies in their fees.
* Highest enrolment was in the age group of 17-19, followed by the group of 30 years and above (33%). The enrolment in the age group of 14-16 years was lowest (23%).
* At Secondary level, highest number of students (91%) opted for English. This was followed by Social Science (88%), Hindi (73%), Science (63%) and Economics (52%).
* At Senior Secondary level, maximum number of students opted for English (93%) followed by Hindi (80%), Political Science (62%), History (56%) and Economics (49%).
Enrolment - Vocational Courses A total of 1,335 students from 9 states and union territories were enrolled in NOS vocational courses during the year against 2,670 students enrolled from 12 states and union territories in 1993-94. State-wise enrolment of students is presented in Table 5.11 and Figure 5.10.
The states of Karnataka, Orissa, Tamilnadu and Uttar Pradesh which had enrolled substantial numbers during the preceding year, drew a bank during the year. However, Gujarat made enrolment to vocational courses after a gap of one year.
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Table 5.11: State-wise Enrolment (Vocational Courses) (1994-95)
Name of the State Enrolment Percentage
1. Andhra Pradesh 484 36.25
2. Bihar 83 6.22
3. Gujrat 69 5.17
4. Haryana 61 4.57
5. Kerala 106 7.2
6. Rajasthan 77 5.77
7. West Bengal 48 3.59
8. Chandigarh 39 2.92
9. Delhi 368 27.57
1335 100
Course-wise and Trade-wise enrolment of students is presented in Table 5.12 and Figure 5.11.
During the year, barring the courses of Secretarial Practice and one-year courses of Cutting, Tailoring and Dress-making; and Library Clerk which attracted more students, there was a general decline in enrolment to other vocational courses.
The reasons for the decline in the enrolment in vocational courses in some of the states and to different vocational courses are being examined and measures to step up enrolment will be initiated. It may, however, be
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Table 5.12: Course-wise and Trade-wise Enrolment of students
(1994-95)
Course No. of Students
1. Secretarial Practice 99
2. Six Monthly Vocational Courses
House Wiring & Electrical Appliances 40
Motor and Transformer Rewinding -
Radio & Tape Recorder Repairing -
T.V. Reparing -
Cutting & Tailoring 46
Dress Making -
Library Attendant -
Plumbing 12
Beauty Culture 155
Sub-total 253
3. One Year Courses
House Wiring & Electrical 112
Appliances, Motor and Transformer Rewinding
Radio & T.V. Repairing 209
Cutting Tailoring & Dress Making 182
Library Clerk 26
Refrigeration & Air Conditioning 280
Sub-total 809
4. General and Life
Enrichment Courses
Paripurna Mahila 132
Jan Swasthya 42
Sub-total 174
Total 1,335
observed that larger number of 14,160 students from academic stream, both of secondary and senior secondary courses, opted for vocational courses during the year against 11,986 students only during 1993-94.
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