Figure 14. Net Enrolment Rate. MoE,2019 72 34. Quality and image of technical-vocational are perceived as lower to standard HEIs.73 Moreover, female participation in such programmes were comparatively low.74 Figure 15. Enrolment in Technical and Vocational Education. MP and TVET,2020 75 35. Disaggregated data on courses undertaken at tertiary studies remain inaccessible.76 Evidently, women’s enrolment in tertiary studies had increased, while a significant gender gap in graduate numbers affecting women indicated challenges to complete studies.77 While paid work and unpaid care work remained some of the challenges faced by students, free education scheme for degree students initiated by the government in 2019 would provide relief to constraints encountered.78 17