• Thokchom Budha Singh

This paper is an attempt to examine the development and status of higher education in science in Mizoram. Mizoram University and its 28 affiliated colleges or institutes offering general education comprised of the study. Descriptive research was employed in the study, in which the analysis was made on the basis of science teacher interviews, published and unpublished documents of the concerned institutions and official records of the Directorate of Higher and Technical Education, Government of Mizoram. The findings emerged from the study are – (i) the development of higher education in science at the undergraduate level was not only slow but also imbalance, (ii) enrolment of students in science in the state government colleges was low, (iii) there was lack of science teachers in majority of the state government colleges, (iv) majority of the teachers of state government colleges expressed their laboratory facilities as average level, (v) majority of the science teachers of state government colleges revealed that prescribed books are adequately available in their libraries, while the science teachers of University’s only constituent college expressed their library facilities as very good,(vi) there has been a considerable development in enrolment of post-graduate science students and enrolment has also been made as per the intake of students, and (vii) all the post-graduate departments of science of Mizoram University were found to have adequate number of teachers. It may be suggested that the concerned authority takes up appropriate measures for the development of higher education in science at the undergraduate level in the state.

Development, Status, Higher Education, Science, Mizoram

"Development and Status of Higher Education in Science in Mizoram", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 12, page no.d843-d855, December-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2112400.pdf

"Development and Status of Higher Education in Science in Mizoram", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 12, page no. ppd843-d855, December-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2112400.pdf