Development of Higher Education in Manipur

by Leisangthem Binita Devi

ISBN: 9789386615657
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Imprint : Scholars World
Year : 2018
Price : Rs. 12995.00
Biblio : xiv+360 p., tabls., 25 cm

Author Profile

Dr. Leisangthem Binita Devi has done Graduation in Education Honours from Lady Keane College, Shillong affiliated to NEHU and Masters in Educational Planning and Administration from Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. She has done Ph.D. Degree in Education from Department of Educational Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. Since then, she has worked at National University of Educational Planning & Administration (NUEPA), New Delhi in different projects and research projects in the field of Higher Education and School Education. She has also worked at NCERT, New Delhi on a project for developing manual in EVS for Primary teachers. She has published a monograph and various research papers related to School Education and Higher Education in reputed journals.

About The Book

In this book the author attempted to find out the implementation of various schemes of Government for higher education and about the problems of higher education on various aspects: problems related to staff: teaching and non-teaching; problems related to administration of higher education; problems related to financing of higher education; problems related to the political condition of the state influencing higher education. The focus of this book has been also the problems of academic administration and general administration in relation to various aspects of management. The author feels that distinguishing the problems in educational administration from the problems in education as such and conducted the study, which can lead to better understanding of the field of educational administration including its function. The author took up this problem of higher education in Manipur to study organisational structure, progress of higher education, various schemes implemented by the government to improve the quality of higher education, various problems of higher education and its causes and measures to improve the quality of higher education. It is hoped that it would serve the need of students of education, researchers, teachers and educational administrators & planners working in similar and related area of education.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements v Preface vii List of Tables xiii 1 Introduction 1 1.1 Higher Education in India 1.2 Aims and Objects of University Education 1.3 Policy, Programmes and Strategies of Implementation 1.4 Major Developments in Higher Education 1.5 Higher Education and Five Year Plans 1.6 University Administration 1.7 Problems of Higher Education 1.8 Higher Education in Manipur 1.9 Problems of Higher Education in Manipur 1.10 The Study 1.11 Objectives of the Study 1.12 Sample 1.13 Tools 1.14 Analysis 1.15 Delimitation 2. Review of Related Literature 77 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Studies on Development of Higher Education 2.3 Studies on University Administration 2.4 Studies on Policy and Planning of Higher Education 3. Design of the Study 93 3.1 Methodology 3.2 Rationale of the Study 3.3 Objectives 3.4 Sample of the Study 3.5 Tools and Techniques 3.6 Documentary Analysis 3.7 Questionnaire 3.8 Interview Schedule 3.9 Procedure for Data Collection 3.10 Plan of Analysis 3.11 Delimitation of the Study 4. Analysis and Interpretation–I 107 4.1 Analysis of Documents 4.1.1 Organizational Structure 4.1.2 Programmes and Policies of Higher Education 5. Analysis and Interpretation–II 151 5.1 Analysis of the Responses from the Administrators 5.2 Interpretation and Discussion 5.3 Findings 6. Summary, Findings and Conclusions 283 6.1 Summary 6.2 Major Findings 6.3 Recommendations 6.4 Suggestions for Further Research Studies 6.5 Conclusion Bibliography 299 Appendices 305 Appendix I–Interview-Schedule for the Vice-Chancellor and the Registrar of Manipur University Appendix-II–Questionnaire for the Deputy Registrar and the Assistant Registrars of Manipur University Appendix-III–Questionnaire for the Deans and the Heads of the Department of Manipur Appendix-V–Questionnaire for the Heads of the Academic Units of Colleges Appendix-VI–Interview Schedule of the Additional Director of Directorate of Higher Education (U)