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Education is concerned with human resource development. The role of education in economic change of society through human resource development is very much significant in the developing countries. Development cannot be sustainable unless it is equitable. Today's development has people-centred approach emphasising the empowerment of people. Woman is the key to this development and empowerment of women is pre-requisite for creating an egalitarian society. Education can create a new outlook. It is a powerful device to change human nature in a desirable way. The process of education helps individual to know the self. It is education, which prepares them for full membership in the society. Changes brought about by education are permanent and transcendent in nature. Education determines the levels and well-being of people. Gender discrimination and patriarchal attitude which are being practiced for so many years have incapacitated women in such a way that they cannot stand alone unless a strong support is provided to them. Women of both urban and rural areas have realised the significance and importance of education to challenge the age-old domination and exploitation of patriarchal society. They have found education as a means towards empowerment which would ensure their participation in the decision-making in all walks of life. The present paper will try to highlight this changed behaviour of girl students, specifically in the higher education level, considering Gauhati University as the universe of study. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]