Government And Private Education In The North East India PDF Download

Education is critical for any nation's economic, political, and social development. In North East (NE) India, education infrastructure is inadequate and most of the students have to go outside the states for higher quality education. The enrolment, Gross Enrolment Ratio, attendance and dropout rates of the schools and colleges going students is poor which indicates poor quality of education. There is shortage of funds, qualified and experienced teachers. The central budgetary allocation is not sufficient to improve the standard of education despite its rich natural and mineral resources. Besides education infrastructure, there is poor state of transport, power and telecommunication infrastructure which is very essential for the success of education. Public Private Partnership (PPP) recognizes the existence of alternative options which can complement and enhance the role of the government in the provision of education services besides public finance and public delivery. It can help in the construction of infrastructure, Education City, Biotech Park, Knowledge Park, setting up of ITIs and Polytechnics, etc. It can also help in technical and vocational education, research and development, science and technology promotion, business research, building of intellectual human capital, etc. The Assam and Tripura government have initiated some of the projects in education and other sectors that are under various stages of implementation. These projects will encourage other NE states to take education projects through PPP route. This paper discusses the educational infrastructure of NE through PPP and various recommendations for improving the education status. So, better infrastructures in education, transport, power and telecommunication will help in transforming the education scenario of NE states to make it an education hub of India.