Higher education system in India needs an investment of Rs 10 lakh crore by 2020- FICCI-Ernst & Young report

Friday 2 December 2011


According to annual FICCI-Ernst & Young report, the higher education system in India needs an investment of R10 lakh crore by 2020 to create an additional capacity of 25 million seats. The private sector, which accounts for 52% of the total enrollment, would invest R50,000 crore of this per year.

According to report, compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of the number of institutions at 11% is faster than that of student enrollments of 6%. In fact, more than 5,000 colleges have been added in the last one year alone.

The market is expected to grow as the number of students enrolled in Classes 9-12, which is an indicator of potential demand for higher education, has increased at a CAGR of 5.7% over 1996-2008, in line with the growth in higher education enrollment

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