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Missed deadline Promise · High confidence

Sibal set a 30 per cent higher-education gross enrolment ratio target for 2020; AISHE reported a GER of 27.3 per cent in 2020-21 and 29.5 per cent in 2022-23.

Test case in Suite B · score 0.25

OriginalI have set a target of 30 per cent enrolment in higher education institutions by 2020-end. Government-run schools and colleges alone cannot do it. If we have to achieve this target, private educational institutions will have to play an important role.

EnglishI have set a target of 30 per cent enrolment in higher education institutions by 2020-end. Government-run schools and colleges alone cannot do it. If we have to achieve this target, private educational institutions will have to play an important role.

Speaker

Kapil Sibal

Party

INC

Office

Union Minister for Human Resource Development

Venue

Public function, Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir

Date

2012-10-23

Deadline

2020-12-31

Topics

education

Researched by

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Grounding check

1 of 1 checkable evidence pages contain the cited figures

Transcript / text sources

• Kapil Sibal sets target of 30% enrolment in higher education by 2020
• Mere 12 p.c. enrol for higher education: Sibal

Evidence

Government's response

Analysis

Sibal said in Pulwama on 23 October 2012 that he had set a target of 30 per cent enrolment in higher education by the end of 2020, up from about 19 per cent at the time.

AISHE 2020-21 reported a GER of 27.3 per cent for the 18-23 age group. A subsequent Rajya Sabha answer gave 28.4 per cent for 2021-22 and 29.5 per cent for 2022-23 (provisional). The 30 per cent target was therefore not reached by the end of 2020.

The government describes the increase from 25.2 per cent in 2016-17 to 27.3 per cent in 2020-21 as progress, but the specific 2020 deadline was missed.

Confidence in verdict & review

Confidence in verdict

High

Review status

draft

Last reviewed

2026-10-17

Notes

The AISHE final report PDF is a mirror of the official report; the PIB release and the Rajya Sabha answer carry the same GER series. The target applied to higher education generally, not only to universities. [ingest: 1 evidence link(s) blocked/unreachable to the checker; verify manually]