प्रारम्भिक शिक्षा स्थानान्तरण

प्रारम्भिक शिक्षा स्थानान्तरण

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COVERAGE WITHIN ELEMENTARY EDUCATION The Net Enrollment Ratio (NER) for primary is 98.28 and for Upper Primary classes, it is as low as 58.293 . This means only 58 out of hundred in the appropriate age group are in Upper Primary Schools. Or in other words, 42% children of the Upper Primary age group are out of school. Some of the sates having NER at primary level much below the national average are, Punjab 63.05%, Andhra Pradesh 71%. Similarly states having NER at upper primary levels significantly lower than the national average are Gujarat 42.2%, Uttar Pradesh 45.38%, Bihar 48.85% and Haryana 53.71%. This shows that a very large number of children, of the appropriate age group, still remain out of school. How do we compare with the other countries? China has achieved 9 years of universal schooling. The GER for higher education for India is below 15, against about 30 for China and above 75 for the USA. PARTICIPATION (STUDENT ATTENDANCE) Ensuring regular participation of children in school remains a critical issue. Absenteeism, among certain categories of children, remains high. Among the many reasons for absenteeism, unfriendly attitude of teachers towards children and unattractive teaching learning processes top the list. The Consortium for Research on Educational Access, Transitions and Equity (CREATE) community and school surveys (2007), carried out in 36 villages, from the three clusters of Rewa and Dindori in Madhya Pradesh and Rajnandgaon in Chhattisgarh, show that student absenteeism is rampant. On the day of the field visit, absenteeism in these clusters of schools ranged from 22% to 47%. And if one were to count the attendance after distribution of the Mid Day Meal (MDM) in schools, it would have dropped even further. Since there exists a very high correlation between attendance and learning achievement, low learning levels in schools, with such high absenteeism, is but obvious.