23, June 2025

Empowering Communities Through Local Governance: A Study on Communitization of Elementary Education in Nerhema Village

VOLUME-9; ISSUE-6; JUNE-2025

Author(s): 1. Keneilhounuo Usou, 2. Dr. Tiatula Ozukum

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1 Research Scholar, Department of Sociology, St. Joseph University, Chumoukedima, Nagaland, India

2Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, St. Joseph University, Chumoukedima, Nagaland, India

DOIs:10.2017/IJRCS/202506015     |     Paper ID: IJRCS202506015


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Communitization is a process of transferring authority and responsibility to local government for resource management at the grassroots level. Communitization is a model of governance which empowers the community and fosters local ownership by decentralizing power to the community for local management of public services. Communitization also aims to be inclusive, ensuring that the local and marginalized people could participate in decision-making processes (resource mobilization) Communitisation focuses on community participation, self-governance and collective decision-making for overall development of public sectors.

Within this backdrop, the present paper aims to analyze how communitization empowered the local governing bodies and in turn promote community participation. The paper will explore how the rich social capital inherent in the society has facilitated the process of communitization in Nerhema village of Nagaland, particularly elementary education.  
Village Governance, Community Participation, Education, Decentralization, Social Capital, Communitization

Keneilhounuo Usou,  Dr. Tiatula Ozukum (2025);  Empowering Communities Through Local Governance: A Study on Communitization of Elementary Education in Nerhema Village,  International Journal of Research Culture Society,    ISSN(O): 2456-6683,  Volume – 9,   Issue –  6,  Pp.126-131.        Available on – https://ijrcs.org/

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