University Education in Arunachal Pradesh: An Empirical Study

Abstract

Arunachal Pradesh is one of the largest States in the northeast region with a population of about 13, 83, 727 and literacy rate of 65.38% as per 2011 Population. The quality of higher education enhances a country’s capacity for participation in an increasingly knowledge-based world economy and has the potential to enhance economic growth and reduce poverty.   University Education is gaining wider acceptance amongst the stakeholders across the globe. A nation’s advancement and development largely depends upon the level and quality of education as it provides enlightenment, power, privilege protection and prestige to the people through the supply of qualitative labour.The objective of the paper is to examine the university education in Arunachal Pradesh. This study is a descriptive type of research based on secondary data gathered fromGoverment official reports, books, articles, websites, and web-based journals.