Editor’s note – This article discusses the primary educational set up in India and how governmental investment or rather the insufficiency of it has been affecting primary education among other things.
Author’s note – In India, a major fraction of children is deprived from primary education and is thus, driven away from the Child’s Right to Learning. The budgetary distribution of funds for education has been, and still continues to be, very meager. No doubt, India is paying the price for the failure to pay in investment on education The amount of schooling and the quality of teaching children receive are indeed very insufficient for gaining mastery of basic literacy and numeric skills. This seems to be applicable for both the educationally advanced and backward states. Although the constitution has provided a large emphasis for the provision of primary education in India and its expansion over time, the system is characterised by low and enormous unevenness of achievements.
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Posted by Dr. Sukla Das
Dec 01, 2011