Srinagar, Feb 17 (KNO): In Jammu and Kashmir only 15 percent of higher education students prefer to study in private unaided and aided colleges.
According to the official documents, available with the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that reveal enrolment of private and government colleges based on actual response in a survey states that there were a total of 2,13,213 students enrolled in private and government colleges of Jammu and Kashmir.
Among the total number of enrolled students, 23,580 were enrolled in private unaided colleges, 4038 in private aided.
However, in comparison to the private colleges, the official figures reveal that in government colleges across Jammu and Kashmir, at least 1,85,595 students were enrolled.
Besides, the documents state that there were a total of 337 private and government colleges functioning in Jammu and Kashmir.
The survey based on actual response received from the sampled stakeholders reveals that a total of 127 private unaided, 21 aided, and 189 government colleges were functioning in Jammu and Kashmir.
Pertinently, KNO earlier this week reported that the School Education Department has said that in the past five year’s student enrolment in government-run-schools have increased by over 17 percent.
It said that till the academic year 2023-24, the enrolment increased by 17.7 percent. “Prior to 2019 there were a total of 12,37,000 students enrolled in government-run-schools of Jammu and Kashmir.”
However, it also states that in the past five years the student enrolment has increased by 17.7 percent. “Till academic year 2023-24, around 14,18,000 students were enrolled in government-run-schools.”—(KNO)