Is Caste An Impediment To Higher Education? – A Comparative Investigation on North East India

Abstract

It is commonly accepted that rising the access to higher education among the deprived communities like SC, ST has always been a matter of challenge since long time. Again when we consider the case of North East India then such type of issue gains more importance because of miscellaneous inheritance of this region. In this present level of study the prime focus is on issues relating to access to higher education among SC and ST groups in North East regions. As it also bears importance to have a strong gaze on this issue thus this study applies a comparative framework with rest of Indian states. The secondary data based analysis shows evidences of disparities in enrolment among SC, ST and other castes.