Seybold Report ISSN: 1533-9211
Nitumoni Das
Research Scholar, Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh
Ranjan Das
Research Scholar, Assam University, Silchar
Vol 17, No 11 ( 2022 ) | Licensing: CC 4.0 | Pg no: 2864-2872 | Published on: 21-11-2022
Abstract
Tea estate is a one of the major plantation industry in Assam. Assam is the highest producer of tea and should be called the hub of the tea industry. But even after 73 years of the Independence, the condition of the tea estate labours did not improve much and many of them were made to live in abject economic condition. Education is a major way of upward social mobility was seen lacking among the tea estate labourer community in the state of Assam. The present study tries to study the socio economic condition , educational status and facilities available in the educational institution .The primary data is collected from the field by using unstructured interview schedule. This paper is descriptive in nature. It is found that majority of the workers have primary and high school pass level of education, few are graduate and some of the illiterate, and not a single post graduate. They left schools due to certain family problems, poor financial condition or early marriage.
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