About the Department

The Department of Education was established in the year 1959 and is in the second floor of the MCB building of Cotton University .It was then a new subject and Dr. Lakshahira Das, an eminent personality of Assam, shouldered the responsibility of the department as Head of the Department.In 1977 Prof. Priyalal Pathak became the HoD and as a result of his sincere efforts in 1985 Education Department was upgraded into a PG Department in erstwhile Cotton College. Eminent educationists of Assam Dr. Gauri Deka, Prof. Ajiteswar Goswami, Prof. Lahari Das, Dr Rupa Das Borbora shouldered the responsibility of HoDs of the Department respectively. Currently the department of Education offers B.A., M.A. and PhD.in Education.