Perspectives and perceptions of students’ regarding the choices for courses and locational attraction of the institutions for higher education in Assam, India

Abstract

This paper presents the analysis of perception of sample students and trainees of Polytechnics and Industrial Training Institutes in Assam and students from Assam studying in Institutions of Higher Education in Delhi relating their perception towards educational and employment aspects. This paper gives the insights of the choices and trade practiced by Polytechnics and ITI’s and their other attributes. The gender stereotype associated with certain specializations and trainings has been observed in the study. The bigger cities works as spatial locations of pull factors to attract to bigger cities with regard to higher education and employment.