Girls outnumber boys in Central Sanskrit University enrolments

Astonishing increase in female enrolment for the 2020-21 academic session as compared to 2019-20

By Our Correspondent

Published on 15.01.2021

Union education minister Ramesh Pokhriyal acknowledged the feat on Twitter. PHOTO: Pixabay

By Our Correspondent

Published on 15.01.2021

Female students have outnumbered the male ones in Central Sanskrit University’s enrolments for the 2020-21 academic year, Union education minister Ramesh Pokhriyal announced on Twitter on January 14.

This positive trend, noted by compiling data from 12 campuses of the varsity, is especially overwhelming as 2553 girls enrolled in 2020-21 in comparison to 1746 girls in 2019-20.

Happy to report that as per the latest data, girl students have outnumbered boy students in enrolment in Central Sanskrit University, Delhi in the academic year 2020-21.

For more info, take a look at the stats mentioned. pic.twitter.com/Tm3F0ok1pR
— Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank (@DrRPNishank) January 13, 2021

Moreover, this trend has been consistent across campuses, with girls outnumbering boys by 115 to 80 in the Ekalavya campus, 352 to 120 in the Guruvayur campus, and 991 to 396 in the Shree Sadashiva campus.

Central Sanskrit University, formerly known as Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, is a central university in Delhi, established in 1970 to promote Sanskrit studies under the Union ministry of human resource development.