CHALLENGES FACED BY POSTGRADUATE ARTS STUDENTS WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES: A STUDY AT SIBSAGAR UNIVERSITY, SIVASAGAR, ASSAM, INDIA

Learning difficulties for students is a challenge in this changing society and in these growing complexities where rote learning still is a base of passing the examination system.This is a pilot-based study where the primary objective of the study was to identify the challenges faced by students studying in the Arts Stream of Sibsagar University with special reference to their learning difficulties.Both qualitative and quantitative descriptive survey method was adopted for the present study.A Purposive Sampling Technique was used to select the Department and Incidental Sampling technique was used to select the samples from the Departments for the present study.Total 40 students studying in the Department of Education were selected for the study.After observing the poor academic performance of the students, the researcher of this present study has decided make an analysis of the reason of their poor academic performance.A Self-made questionnaire and an interview schedule were prepared by the researcher.Moreover, from classroom observation also, the researcher collected the required information.In this present study, most of the students expressed that the