Reforming education sector through Big Data

Big data, which is maturing over time, has a high impact in analyzing scenarios and coming up with decision making strategies pertaining to any sector. Consequently the number of applications are also increasing where in the past, they were limited to the confines of company sales departments. In lieu, this paper is primarily focused on applying Data Sciences within the education sector. We will be discussing the overall application to address higher-education issues. We will also present a framework for capturing, analyzing it and concluding on data in order to benefit decision-makers, thus ultimately manifesting in informing design and finalizing policy.