AMBA Application and Enrolment Report 2020

Globally, MBA applications at AMBA-accredited Business Schools and for AMBA-accredited business and management programmes both increased by 7% between 2018 and 2019, according to new research from the Association of MBAs (AMBA).

Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020

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India added more women students to its business schools in the last two years, but it was nowhere near enough to escape the tag of worst gender ratio in management classrooms, said a study.

Data collected from 223 business schools around the world showed management colleges in India have the highest proportion of men.

 “India had the most unequal cohorts for gender — only 19% of both applicants and enrollees in 2019 were female,” said the AMBA Application and Enrolment Report 2020.

China topped the charts as the only region to report an equal proportion of men and women in their management programmes. “China (including Hong Kong) is the world’s most gender-balanced region. Oceania was next with 45% of enrollees being female.

In fact, the proportion of women applying for AMBA (Association of MBAs)-accredited programmes rose by two percentage points between 2018 and 2019, and that of enrolment by one percentage point. Globally, 40% of those applying and 38% of those enrolling into MBA programmes in 2019 were women.

The news reflects poorly on the corporate culture in India. Business and industrial houses must step up and create a more gender-friendly environment at the workplace. This will hopefully encourage more women to enrol in management studies.