DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATION IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH: AN ANALYTICAL STUDY ON GROWTH OF EDUCATION

Arunachal Pradesh is popularly known as “Land of the Rising Sun” or “Land of the Dawn-lit Mountain” is the 29th state of the Union of Republic India, covering an area of 83,743 Sq. Km with a population of 13, 82,611 with a literacy rate of 66.95% as per recorded data of census 2011. This hilly and mountainous state start education system very lately, till the beginning of 20th Century state do not have single school. The first school was established in the year 1918 at Pasighat and Dambuk in 1922 later it spread to Ningro (1934), Boleng (1940), Riga (1940), Balek (1946), Yomcha (1947), Along (1947) Pangin (1947) Ledums (1947), Dirang 91947) etc. but at the time of independence the literacy rate of state was just only 1.0%. With the effort and initiation taken by the state and central government with the support of local bodies various schools are came up in different part of the different district of the state. In 1963-64, there were 211 schools, out of which 179 Lower Primary school, 25 Middle school and 7 secondary schools with a total enrolment of 10, 773 students. The numbers of schools were increased to 1,563 in 1993. Out of 1,563, 1,146 are primary school, 277 Middle schools, and 140 secondary and higher secondary school. Besides that 19 schools are run by NGO’s or Voluntary Organisation in the state. In present state have 5,137 schools as 1,189 EGS/Community schools, 2,718 Lower Primary schools, 998 Upper Primary schools, 136 Secondary schools and 96 Higher Secondary schools as per census 2011