Welcome to your Gender Sensitization in Higher Education Quiz
1. What is the Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in higher education as per the latest AISHE report?
2. How many girls are out of school around the world?
4. What is the name of the British Council commissioned report that looks at the role of women in South Asia in respect to higher education and leadership?
5. Globally, how many girls under the age of 18 are married each year?
6. Offences under the Sexual Harassment of Women at workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act (2013) are non-cognizable, which means one cannot be arrested without a warrant.
7. How much more likely are girls to be out of school in conflict-affected areas?
8. Which of the following can promote gender-equitable education systems?
Removal of gender stereotypes from teaching and learning materials
Provision of separate and hygienic sanitation facilities for girls and boys
Mobilization of community-based awareness programmes to tackle harmful gender norms and practices such as child marriage
Promotion of cash transfers and other social protection mechanisms to remove financial barriers to education
Promotion of re-entry policies for pregnant girls and young mothers
9. Globally, of those children aged 11-17 that reported experiencing school violence, what proportion reported experiencing gender-related violence?
10. In which case the High Court of Delhi endorsed the view that sexual harassment is a “subjective experience”?
11. What is the percentage of female students enrolled in higher education according to the AISHE report?
12. Who has been appointed as vice-chancellor of Sido Kanhu Murmu University, Dumka, in May 2020?
13. Which date is celebrated as the International Day of the Girl Child?
14. When was the Vishakha Guidelines created by the Supreme Court of India?
15. When did the Sexual Harassment of Women at workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act (2013) become effective?
16. What is full form of AISHE ?
17. When did India ratify the UN Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)?
18. What is India’s rank in terms of Gender Equality according to the ‘Global Gender Gap Report 2020’ (World Economic Forum, 2019)?
19. Which state is NOT among the top contributors to higher education enrolment in India?
20. How many foreign students were enrolled in Indian institutions during the latest AISHE reporting year?
21. What percentage of the poorest rural girls in low-income countries complete secondary school
22. Which is known as ‘the education’ Sustainable Development Goal (SDG)?
23. Increase in Gross Enrollment Ratio does not signify an increase in the number of women in Leadership positions.
24. According to the All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) 2018-19 Final Report, how many female teachers are there in India per 100 male teachers?
25. Which subject has the highest number of undergraduate students in India as per AISHE?
