Year

Primary

Upper primary

High/Hr.
sec./Inter/Pre.jr.
colleges

Colleges for
general
education

Colleges for
professional
education@

Universities/
Deemed
univ./Instt.
of national
importance

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

1950-51

209671

13596

7416

370

208

27

1955-56

278135

21730

10838

466

218

31

1960-61

330399

49663

17329

967

852

45

1965-66

391064

75798

27614

1536

770

64

1970-71

408378

90621

37051

2285

992

82

1975-76

454270

106571

43054

3667

3276 *

101

1980-81

494503

118555

51573

3421

3542 *

110

1985-86

528872

134846

65837

4067

1533 *

126

1990-91

560935

151456

79796

4862

886

184

1991-92

566744

155926

82576

5058

950

196

1992-93

571248

158498

84608

5334

989

207

1993-94

570455

162804

89226

5639

1125

213

1994-95

586810

168772

94946

6089

1230

219

1995-96

593410

174145

99274

6569

1354

226

1996-97

603646

180293

103241

6759

1770

228

1997-98

619222

185961

107140

7199

2075

229

1998-99

626737

190166

112438

7494

2113

237

1999-2000

641695

198004

116820

7782

2124

244

2000-2001

638738

206269

126047

7929

2223

254

2001-2002

664041

219626

133492

8737

2409

272

2002-2003

651382

245274

137207

9166

4592

304

2003-2004

712239

262286

145962

9427

2751

304

* Includes institutions of post matric courses.
@ Professional education includes engineering, technology and architecture, medical (allopathy/ayurvedic/homopathy/unani/nursing/pharmacy, etc.) and teacher training colleges.
Source : Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India.