Higher education department is in the process of developing a web portal to register details of all universities and higher education institutes. For the year 2012-13 and 2013-14, this web portal aishe.gov.in is being prepared by Union human resources ministry for All-India Survey on Higher Education.
At a mantralaya in Bhopal, the principal secretary higher education, JK Kanosotiya, initiated the process of creating gross enrolment data of every institution recognized for providing education after 12th standard. Administrative departments want to ensure 100% data entry.
The secretary asked all institutes to enter their details as soon as possible, especially for the institutes imparting education in the field of Higher Education, Technical Education, Medical Education Culture, Agriculture and Public Relations. Details about Nursing Colleges, B Ed. and diploma courses institutions under School Education Department will also given on the portal. Polytechnic colleges will be treated as a separate unit and details would be posted separately.
The government will be providing its support to the survey.Several state units have been created in states to pursue this goal and also, information about institutes providing education will be categorized into units.