Abstract
Higher education plays a crucial role in socio-economic transformation of a country. At present the rate of female participation in higher education has been increasing, especially in the urban and sub-urban areas of the State Assam. But this scenario is very much disheartening in the State’s rural areas. Very recently, some new universities have been established in Assam which makes the rate of female participation in higher education increased. However, the involvement of female in different technical and job oriented courses is still lagging behind. The present study is therefore an attempt to analyse the trend and pattern of women participation in different faculties of Gauhati University and also to investigate the socio-cultural factors behind the low rate of female participation in some particular faculties. The study is based on secondary data collected from the office of the university.
Highlights
Higher education plays a crucial role in socioeconomic transformation of a country (Zhang, 2010)
PSYCHOLOGY AND EDUCATION (2021) 58(2): 361-369 An Interdisciplinary Journal Article Received: 16th October, 2020; Article Revised: 30th December, 2020; Article Accepted: 08th January, 2021 in the nature and trends of male-female participation in higher education and their problems based on the findings from a case study of Gauhati University while placing special emphasis on the past and present status of female student enrolment
As per All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE), 2011 report 27.5 million students enrolled in higher education with 15.5 million boys and 12.0 million girls
Summary
Higher education plays a crucial role in socioeconomic transformation of a country (Zhang, 2010). The present trend of female participation in higher education in the state of Assam shows a fairly increasing rate but the nature of participation is mainly controlled by several socio-cultural factors. PSYCHOLOGY AND EDUCATION (2021) 58(2): 361-369 An Interdisciplinary Journal Article Received: 16th October, 2020; Article Revised: 30th December, 2020; Article Accepted: 08th January, 2021 in the nature and trends of male-female participation in higher education and their problems based on the findings from a case study of Gauhati University while placing special emphasis on the past and present status of female student enrolment.
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