Internet and students: a case studies of Nalbari and Kamrup Metro Districts of Assam, India.

The internet has been a major boon to students for it influences them in various ways, be it in search for data and material for their studies, as a means of communication and entertainment or in keeping pace with the current political, economic and social scenario at the national and international levels. On the other hand, spending too much time on the internet can affect the students’ academic and social lives. It is in this backdrop that the present study tries to investigate the positive and negative influences of the internet on students’ lives in Nalbari and Kamrup (Metropolitan) Districts in Assam. The study has been carried out mainly by primary survey with the help of questionnaires. The respondents have been selected by stratified random sampling from different educational institutions. Responses from the parents and teachers have also been taken into account while arriving at the findings of the study.