Volume : X, Issue : V, May - 2020

HIGHER EDUCATION AND GOVERNMENT POLICIES: AN EVALUATION WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO ASSAM

Dr. Mallika Kalita

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India is one of the most populous countries in world which practices democracy by following the principle of social welfare. Therefore, the country has a large department to implement the policies related to the welfare of the society. Side by side India has also a Ministry of Human resource Development which formulates policies on education at different phases and looks after the implementation aspect also. But the responsibility of education, as per Indian constitution is to be shared both by Central and State governments. As a result, all the governments in the states can also undertake education plans, policies and programmes as per their necessity. Assam is state where the lifestyle of maximum people depends on agriculture. Around 25% people are still illiterate according to the latest census. In such kind of state, Government of Assam implemented one luxurious policy that is Free Higher Education Policy in the year 2016. In this background present paper is taken as an attempt to analyse the good and bad effects of this Policy in higher education sector of Assam.

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HIGHER EDUCATION AND GOVERNMENT POLICIES: AN EVALUATION WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO ASSAM, Dr. Mallika Kalita INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-10 | Issue-5 | May-2020

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