Less than one per cent students opt for research oriented courses

By Shashi Tharoor. Less than one per cent of students pursuing higher studies opt for research oriented courses, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Monday.
"Out of the total enrolments in higher education, the percentage of students enrolling in the field of research is about 0.79 per cent," minister of state in human resource development (HRD) Shashi Tharoor told the Rajya Sabha in a written reply to a query. Read more...