Quality of Secondary Education. A Case Study of Tripura

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Chapter 3 State of Secondary Education in Tripura:
3.1 Introduction:
India is a very vast country. The country is divided into 35 administrative units known as the states and union territories. At present there are 28 states and 7 union territories in India. Geographically we can divide India in several geographical regions. These are northern region, central region, western region, eastern region, southern region and north-eastern region.
The north-eastern region of the country, as is clear from the name, is located in the north-eastern part of India. This region has ist own specific characteristics that are distinct from other regions. The region comprises of 8 states namely Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura and almost all the states are having geographically strategic location, as almost all of them have international borders, adjoining with different countries, namely Nepal, Bhutan, Tibet, China, Myanmar and Bangladesh.
Tripura is a state in north east India. The state extends from 22°56'N to 24°32'N, and 91°09'E to 92°20'E. The third-smallest state in the country, it covers 10,491 km (4,051 Sq. Mi.) and is bordered by Bangladesh to the north, south, and west, while the Indian states of Assam and Mizoram situated to ist east. Five mountain ranges run north to south, with intervening valleys. The state has a tropical savanna climate, with seasonal heavy rains from the south west monsoon. Forests cover more than half of the area, providing remarkable biodiversity for such a small area, and are a source of livelihood for many tribes. Bamboo and cane forests are common, while Tripura has the highest number of primate species found in any Indian state. During winter, temperatures range from 13 to 27 °C (55 to 81 °F), while in the summer they fall between 24 and 36 °C (75 and 97 °F).
3.2 Background of Tripura:
The erstwhile princely State merged with the Indian Union after independence on the 15th