5.1.12 Private Education in Higher Education. Private (unaided) education has also grown at a rapid rate in the last several years. However, no firm estimates are available of the share of private education in total enrolments. The only source of such information is the NSS 52nd Round, which gives estimates for 1995-96. According to estimates generated from household data of this NSS Round, 8 percent of enrolment in the higher education sector was in private unaided institutions. The share of private education was higher in technical and professional education (20 percent in engineering, 10 percent in medicine). Enrolment on private unaided education is projected to increase to 16 percent of total enrolment by 2006-07 and 20 percent of total enrolment by 2011-12. The share of private education in technical education is however projected to touch 40 percent by 2006-07 and 60 percent by the end of the 11th Plan. However, the share of private unaided education in the enrolment figures reported in the SES is likely to be very small and can also be ignored in estimating the financial requirements based on SES estimates. These estimates are given in Table 7.A1, whereas in Table 8.B1, it has been assumed that SES estimates also cover half of estimated private enrolment.
