Higher Education in West Bengal – An Overview

Sebak Jana ()

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Abstract: Higher education plays a pivotal role in the social, economic and scientific development of a nation. Higher education in India has witnessed tremendous increase in institutions and enrolment in recent years. Some of the major issues and challenges of higher education system in India are access, regional disparity, social group disparity, gender representation, imbalance in the diversification of subjects, improving quality and public expenditure on higher education etc. The State of West Bengal has had a great legacy of higher education in the country. In the above backdrop, the present paper is on the look at for the present status of higher education in the state by delving deep into some important parameters in higher education and attempts to find the major areas of concern in the higher education sector in the state.

Keywords: Higher Education; West Bengal; Disparity; Diversification; Quality; Expenditure (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024-06-16
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Published in Artha Beekshan 1-2.26(2017): pp. 21-55

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