About

The Department of Education started in 1948 in the main Arts Building. It was shifted to the (present) new building in February, 1990. It is situated in calm and quiet academic environment. Previously the BT College was attached to the Department which managed to train a good number of teachers of Secondary School.
    The primary goal of the Education Department is to generate awareness about the versatility of education as a discipline and to promote manifold activities in the North East Region of India. We also try to maintain the growth and development of teacher education in the state and also try to establish co-ordination between community and education through various extention programmes. Good teaching and sustained research are essential elements of a healthy academic life which the Education Department endeavours to achieve.

 

Our objectives are

 

  • To make the students understand the role of education in a changing social context and critically analyse its operational effectiveness in that context.
  • The understand the nature and processes of learning relevant for human beings.
  • To enable students to understand the process of social interaction and its relevance in education.
  • To familarize the students with methods of educational research, educational technology, measurement and evaluation in the field of education, to understand the various issues and problems in Indian Educational System, to acquaint the students with the existing education system of various developed and developing countries.
  • To develop scientific attitude among the students through experiemental psychology.
  • To acquaint the students with philosophical enquiry as a basis of all educational endeavours.
  • To enable the students to undestand the management process and develop knowledge on Resource Management , Institutional Management, Financial Management and Personal Management.
  • To familiarize the students with environmental and population issues.
  • To acquaint students with continuing education and teacher education.
  • To enable the students to gain knowledge about abnormal psycology.

 Courses Offered

Department of Education is offering the following courses at present

(1) M.A. in Education   2 years programme with 4 semester  under CBCS system :  60 seats

(2) M.Ed. 2 years programme with 4 Semester : Total 50 seats

    Admission in M Ed Programme is done through an Entrance examination usually held in the moth of January

(3) Ph.D. Programme

 

The documents related to NCTE recognition of the MEd Course under GU can be found here.

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Department of Education Gauhati University, Guwahati 781014, Assam Phone : 7002388632 Email : dulumoni@gauhati.ac.in Web   : gauhati.ac.in/education.php

 NOTICE

 

 

 

            Counseling for selected candidates who have cleared  GU-RET 2018 for admission into Ph.D. course in the Department of Education, Gauhati University under the Faculty of Arts will be held on 20th August 2018 Monday at 11 A.M. at the Department of Educaiton, Gauhati University. Candidates have to produce all the necessary original documents at the time of counseling.

 

   

            HoD of Education 

Professor
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    Dulumoni Goswami    Head of the Department

    MA (Gauhati) PhD (Gauhati)

    Higher Education, Adult & Continuing Education, Educational Management, Economics of Education

    dulumoni[at]gauhati[dot]ac[dot]in

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    Kaberi Saha

    MA (Gauhati) PhD (Gauhati)

    Educational Statistics & Research, Abnormal psychology, Mental Measurement and Evaluation

    drsahakaberi[at]gauhati[dot]ac[dot]in

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    Polee Saikia

    MA (Gauhati) PhD (Gauhati)

    Educational Sociology, Comparative Education, Development Psychology, Philosophy of Education

    poleesaikia[at]gauhati[dot]ac[dot]in

Associate Professor
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    Moyuri Sarma

    MA (Gauhati) BEd (Gauhati) PhD (Gauhati)

    Economics of Education, Adult and Continuing Education, Educational Planning and Management, Mental Measurement and Evaluation

    mayurisarma89[at]gauhati[dot]ac[dot]in

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    Purabi Baishya

    MA (Gauhati) PhD (Gauhati)

    Educational Psychology, Environmental Education, Problems and Amp, Issues of Education, Special Education

    purabibaishya[at]gauhati[dot]ac[dot]in

Assistant Professor
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    Anju Kalita

    MA (English) (Gauhati) MED (Gauhati) PGDHRM (Gauhati) PhD (Gauhati)

    Teacher Education, Educational Management, Curriculum Development, Language Education, Action Research, Organizational Climate

    anju[at]gauhati[dot]ac[dot]in

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    Bidula Sarmah

    MSc (Statistics) (Gauhati) MEd(Gauhati) MA (Sociology) (IGNOU) PhD (Ravenshaw University Odisha)

    Educational Statistics, Educational Sociology, Educational Research Methodology, Environmental Education

    bidula[at]gauhati[dot]ac[dot]in

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    Shahinoor Alam

    MA (Assam University) MEPM (Assam University) MEd (Assam University) PhD (Assam University)

    Teacher Education, Educational Planning and Management, Early Childhood Care and Education, Educational Technology, Action Research, Teaching Methodology, Educational Sociology

    shahinoor[at]gauhati[dot]ac[dot]in

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    Sima Kalita

    MA (Gauhati) MPhil (Gauhati) PhD (Gauhati)

    Abnormal Psychology, Educational Psychology, Educational Statistics, Comparative Education

    simakalita[at]gauhati[dot]ac[dot]in

Associated Faculty
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    Gayatree Goswamee

    MA (Gauhati) PhD (Gauhati)

    Child psychology

    gayatreeeducation[at]gauhati[dot]ac[dot]in

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    Jagat Swargiary

    MA (Gauhati) PhD (Gauhati) MPhil (Gauhati)

    Adult and Continuing education, Comparative education, Educational technology, Educational technology

    jagatswargiary[at]gauhati[dot]ac[dot]in

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    Lutfun Rasul Saikia

    MA (Gauhati) PhD (Gauhati) MPhil (JNU)

    Teacher Education, Problems and Issues of Education, Women Studies

    latfunrasulsaikia[at]gauhati[dot]ac[dot]in

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