To portray the status of higher education in the country, the Ministry of Education has endeavoured to conduct an annual web-based All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) since 2010-11. The survey covers all the Institutions in the country engaged in imparting of higher education. Data is being collected on several parameters such as teachers, student enrollment, programmes, examination results, education, infrastructure.

Indicators of educational development such as Institution Density, Gross Enrollment Ratio, Pupil- teacher ratio, Gender Parity Index, Per Student Expenditure will also be calculated from the data collected through AISHE. These are useful in making informed policy decisions and conducting research for the development of the education sector.