NEW DELHI: Compared to developed nations like the US, UK, Germany and France, percentage-wise there are more Indian female graduates in Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) at tertiary level. In India, while the number of males in STEM is gradually declining in the last three years, there is an increase for females. This was revealed in the Union education minister’s reply to a Lok Sabha question on Monday.
To a question seeking details of the number of STEM graduates over the last three years and whether there are more men than women in STEM, the ministry of education shared the All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) data for past three years which show that while the number of males has decreased from nearly 12.9 lakh in 2017-18 to almost 11.9 lakh in 2019-20, the number of females grew from 10 lakh to almost 10.6 lakh during the same period.
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