ICSE Class 9 Answered

Over the six decades, the institutional capacity in higher education has been improved. There were only 25 university level institutions in 1950 but the number has increased to 467 in 2009. During the planning period, the number of colleges has increased from 700 to 25,951. The educational plan outlay has increased from Rs. 151 crore in the first plan to Rs. 43,825 crore in the tenth plan. Around 50% of the 11^th plan outlay was allocated for elementary education and literacy, 20 percent for secondary education and 30 percent for higher and technical education. The 12^th plan proposed to set up new institutes at a cost of Rs. 2500 crore and also planned to cover a minimum of 50 percent students through various financing schemes in higher education.