In India, regional imbalances reflected in the economic disparity among states, education and healthcare access and infrastructural development. Women education and empowerment are the pillars of development. Women education ensures the holistic and long-term development. It incorporates equitable and increased access to technical and vocational education and training, higher education and research with due attention to quality education. This paper is a comparative study to find out women’s participation levels in higher education in Northeast region in compare to other eight richest states of India and it will focus to explore the underlying factors in the disparity among eight states of Northeast region namely Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura and Sikkim with that of other eight richest states namely Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal and Rajasthan. The entire region of Northeast India is basically disadvantaged, geographically situated in the most remote part of India, particularly in terms of socio-economic, educational, communication and infrastructure. This paper also examines nature of geographical barriers that hinder women’s participation level in higher education in this region. For this study I employ two indicators, namely, Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) of Females and Gender Parity Index (GPI) to measure the absolute and relative participation of women in the higher education from 2011 to 2017 in Northeast region and other eight richest states of India.
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