CONTENTS

1. Literacy: a means to attain freedom.
2. Role of education in nation building.
3. The travesty of education.
4. MDG, education and Assam.
5. The changing role of a teacher.
6. Good teacher for good future.
7. Teacher education in Assam.
8. Reorganization of teacher education.
9. Need for a University of Education.
10. Two years B.Ed and challenges ahead.
11. Secondary education under 12th Plan.
13. RUSA and higher education in Assam.
14. Equity and inclusion in higher education.
15. What ails college education in Assam.
16. Restructuring UGC.
17. Higher education through ODL system.
18. Marking vs. Grading system.
19. Financing education in Assam.
20. Gender gap in basic education.
21. API scoring system, research and teachers.
22. Union budget 2012-13 and education.
23. Education in union budget 2013-14.
24. Union budget 2014: Focus on Education.
25. Union budget 2015-16 and education.
26. Education in union budget 2016-17.
27. Union budget 2017-18: Hope for education sector.
28. University autonomy: myth or reality.
29. Higher education: a commodity.
30. Life skill education: a need of hour.
31. Reforms in education sectors.
32. GER in higher education.
33. Peace education for a better world,
34. Semester system at undergraduate level.
35. Education and skill development.
36. Right to education.
37. Rebuild the status of teachers.
38. Maulana Azad's contribution to education.
39. Value based education: an urgent need.
40. TSR committee and New Education Policy.
41. Lifelong learning in higher education.
42. Quality assurance in Indian higher education.
Includes Index.