The Kerala State Higher Education Council (KSHEC) Report of The Committee on Gender Justice on Campuses (Samaagati)

Abstract

Kerala with its 100 per cent literacy rates and a Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in Higher Education at between 21.9 and 24per cent fares relatively well in comparison to several other states of the Indian Union. Yet it is far from being exemplar in the field of higher education, despite its positive ranking on composite Human Development Indicators, of the eight universities* there are, at present, under the four general universities of Kannur, Calicut, Kerala and Mahatma Gandhi universities around 503 Arts and Science Colleges (182 Private Aided and 58 Government Colleges besides 263 Unaided Colleges along with 123 Private Professional Colleges and 3 Private Professional Aided Colleges. (Source: Revised KSHEC Plan submitted to MHRD, Feb. 2015).