Essay on Primary education system

Primary education system

At the time of our Independence, majority of the children were deprived of the benefits of primary education. Since then, India has made good progress in the field of primary education.

Statistics point to the fact that a large percentage of children in age group 6-11 years have been enrolled in school. At some places, the enrollment rate is 90 percent.

However, it is proving very difficult to bring the remaining into the ambit of universal primary education is because of reasons such as:

• some live in inaccessible areas,
• lack of parent’s interest to send their children to school,
• there is a deep-rooted prejudice against educating girls,
• there are practical difficulties of distance and inaccessibility of schools.

Other difficulties faces by the primary education sector are:

• The syllabus of our primary students is quite heavy. A little child of primary school has to read a large number of books.
• Many books were written in a way that doesn’t create interest in young minds.
• We have less teachers and professors that our needs.

Moreover, the dropout rate is so high that universal elementary education (UEE) is quite an elusive goal.
Also read on importance of Primary education and condition and status of Primary education in India.