Availability and Accessibility of Higher Education: A Comparative Analysis of Status of Higher Education between Scheduled Castes and Non-Scheduled students in Uttar Pradesh

Submitted By
Sahab Deen
Ph.D Scholar, CSRD/SSS, JNU, India
Education plays an important role in the socio-economic development of the society. The educational factor is considered as the prime factor in the direction of removing social inequality. This paper focuses on comparison of the development of higher education between Scheduled Castes and Non-Scheduled Caste population in Uttar Pradesh after the liberalisation policy (post 1991) initiated by the Indian Government. The present paper analyse the district level pattern of enrollment in higher education among Scheduled Castes. Further, this study focuses on four important aspects of the above-mentioned issue. Firstly, it examines the distribution, spatial disparity and inequality in achievement of higher education among the Scheduled Castes and Non-Scheduled population in Uttar Pradesh. Further second section identifies different regions of unequal development in terms of achievement of higher education in several courses. Third section analyse the impact availability of colleges on gross enrollment ratio in Scheduled Castes concentrated districts of Uttar Pradesh. Fourth section examines the statistical analysis which highlights the factors responsible for such inequality in achievement of higher education.