Educational Outcomes of Children in Primary School: A Geo–Social Analysis

Jhuma Halder

Volume : V, Issue : XII, December - 2015

Educational Outcomes of Children in Primary School: A Geo–Social Analysis

Jhuma Halder

Abstract :

Since Independence the focus of government interventions in elementary education has been on increasing access to schools. Even remote areas of India are likely to have a primary school. But still the country is far from achieving universal primary education – a scenario where all children go to school regularly and learn sufficiently. Among all factors, social context plays an extremely important role in learning outcome children even today. Social factors like gender, caste and religion create the most common form of educational inequality in this country. The inequality is very prominent in the geographically and socially backward areas. Using primary and secondary data, a case study has been carried out to explore the learning levels of primary school children and the social factors affecting its outcome. The study finds that social factors significantly influence educational outcome.