Contractual Whole Time Teacher in Geography, Swami Niswambalananda Girls’ College, Hugli, West Bengal, India
Online published on 12 February, 2015.
Education is one of the most important elements of human development. Education is vital not only in itself, but also because of the numerous positive externalities created by the spread of education, like human capacity building, human empowerment, and spread of awareness in all fronts. Capacity building encompasses human resource development as an essential part of development. It is based on the concept that education and training lie at the heart of development efforts and that without human resource development most development interventions will be ineffective. People's access to education depends crucially on the educational infrastructure in place. The number of institutions, their intake capacity, their spatial spread and distance from habitats, teacher strength, amenities available in the institutions, etc. are significant elements through which affordable education can be reached to the people. Therefore, the present work has focused on the educational infrastructure presently available in Sundarban, the southernmost part of West Bengal. It has also emphasized on the educational achievements of the people and the disparity of educational infrastructure across region.
Human development, capacity building, human empowerment, educational infrastructure, educational achievements, disparity
