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Article : CHANGING SCENARIO OF EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN UTTARBANGA: A CASE STUDY OF THE LAST DECADE
Author Name : Dr. UtpalRakshit
Abstract : Education is one of the fundamental elements of development. For attaining sustainable development substantial investment in human capital is indispensable. Along with elementary education, the role of higher education to national development and educational progress is enormous. Qualitative and quantitative higher education is a dynamic component of development empowering graduates with innovative skills, comprehensive knowledge and extensive range of competencies to participate in a more ‘complex and interdependent world’. From this point of view the changing scenario of the opportunity of post-secondary education in Uttarbanga (North Bengal)of West Bengal, India in the last decade has been envisaged. The study attempts to define the connotation ‘Uttarbanga’ or North Bengal and tries to understand the progress as well as gaps in access to higher education in the eight districts of North Bengal
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