IGNOU July Admissions 2018: Female applications lesser in UG; higher in PG programmes
Apratim Chatterjee | November 28, 2018 | 08:49 AM IST | 2 mins read
New Delhi, November 27 : Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) sharing its application data for IGNOU July 2018 reported as low as 40 per cent of female applicants with respect to the males for its undergraduate programmes. According to the IGNOU July 2018 application data, close to 80,000 female candidates have enrolled for the UG programmes in a stark contrast to as many as two lakh male enrollments. This trend has been observed in both open and distance learning undergraduate programmes.
On the other hand, for postgraduate programmes, the female enrolment rate has been observed to be much higher than the male enrolment. According to the IGNOU July 2018 PG application data, around 12,768 females and 9,332 males had enrolled for the postgraduate programmes including MA and M.Com. For M.A. in Women and Gender Studies, there were around 147 female enrolments against a handful of 27 male applications.
Given below is a comparative data showing the number of males and females who enrolled in the university for the academic session of 2018 -19 for both UG and PG programmes.
IGNOU July 2018 Enrolment Data - UG Programmes
|
Programmes |
Males |
Females |
|
Bachelor of Arts |
1,02,560 |
64,813 |
|
BBA |
596 |
141 |
|
Bachelor of Commerce (Finance and Cost Accounting) |
99 |
47 |
|
BCA |
8322 |
2213 |
|
Bachelor of Science |
9631 |
6291 |
|
Bachelor of Social Work |
2102 |
1630 |
|
Bachelor of Library and Information Science |
4928 |
4344 |
IGNOU July 2018 Enrolment Data - PG Programmes
|
Programmes |
Number of Males |
Number of Females |
|
M.A. in Women and Gender Studies |
27 |
147 |
|
M.A. in Adult Education |
47 |
90 |
|
M.A. in Anthropology |
287 |
254 |
|
M.A. in Development Studies |
172 |
94 |
|
M.A. in Distance Education |
133 |
244 |
|
M.A. Economics |
3183 |
3254 |
|
M.A. in Education |
616 |
1140 |
|
M.A. in English |
5482 |
11,112 |
|
M.A. in Gandhi and Peace Studies |
46 |
21 |
|
M.A. in Gender and Development Studies |
27 |
81 |
|
M.A. in Hindi |
2863 |
6258 |
|
M.A. in History |
5949 |
6381 |
|
M.A. in Philosophy |
623 |
379 |
|
M.A. in Political Science |
8794 |
9914 |
|
M.A. in Psychology |
2238 |
4712 |
|
M.A. in Public Administration |
3348 |
1653 |
|
M.A. in Rural Development |
2109 |
1395 |
|
M.Com. |
9332 |
12,768 |
*The above data is as per the official IGNOU July 2018 Admissions available in public domain
About IGNOU
Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) offers a number of undergraduate, postgraduate, certificate, and diploma programmes through distance and open modes. The university conducts two admission cycles in each academic session - December and July cycles.
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