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Enrolment Trend in STEM in Higher Education Level Among Disadvantaged Group Students in India
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Author(s): Ankur Nandi (Kalyani University, India), Santu Karmakar (Kazi Nazrul University, India), Arabinda Bala (Kazi Nazrul University, India), Tapash Das (Kazi Nazrul University, India)and Tarini Halder (Kalyani University, India)
Copyright: 2025
Pages: 30
Source title:
Transformative Approaches to STEAM Integration in Modern Education
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Santosh Kumar Behera (Kazi Nazrul University, India), Ali Sorayyaei Azar (University of Malaya, Malaysia), Samantha Curle (University of Bath, UK)and Jeanette Gaoat Dials (Mariano Marcos State University, Philippines)
DOI: 10.4018/979-8-3693-7408-5.ch014
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Abstract
This chapter investigates the enrolment trends in science, technology, and engineering (STEM) disciplines at the higher education level among disadvantaged group students in India. It also identifies and analyzes the challenges and barriers faced by students from disadvantaged groups in accessing and persisting in STEM higher education programs in India and formulating actionable suggestions and strategic interventions to enhance the participation and success of disadvantaged students. This research adopts a qualitative and documentary approach. The study results showed that SC and ST male students show higher enrolment rates than their female counterparts in undergraduate engineering and technology programs, while Scheduled Caste female enrolment surpasses Scheduled Caste male enrolment in M.Sc. programs. Other Backward Caste male students consistently enroll more than Other Backward Caste females in both science and engineering disciplines at undergraduate and postgraduate levels and disadvantaged group students mainly faced gender-biased, financial problems, and caste and race-based prejudices in accessing and persisting in STEM higher education programs.
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