*Research Scholar, Department of Education, Nagaland University, Nagaland, India
**Research Scholar, Department of Public Administration, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
The paper is an attempt to highlight the factors that have been instrumental in bringing the educational improvement in the state. The Christian missionaries took the first initiatives for bringing formal education in the state and further, the initiatives of the state and participation of the community have been instrumental in improving the literacy level, school facilities and enrolment. Thought the state has been known for high literacy rate and occupy second position in the country still more initiatives are required to bridge the disparities like Gender, Rural-Urban, Community Participation and Economic to attain Education for all.
Education, Population, Informal Education, Formal Education, Missionaries, Community Participation
