Primary education is shaping India's future, but many challenges remain. Over 1 billion people worldwide lack basic literacy skills. The government has made progress through initiatives like Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, but more work is needed to reduce dropout rates, close the gender gap in education, and ensure quality schooling for all children. Stakeholders must work together to overcome hurdles like poverty, lack of infrastructure and awareness, and provide every child with the tools to become empowered and productive members of society.

1. PRIMARY EDUCATION
The destiny of India is now being shaped in classrooms.
LEARNING TODAY  LEADING TOMMOROW

2. Delhi (86.21%)
PRIMARY EDUCATION
“ EVERY CHILD MATTERS ”
Education Development Empowerment
 The World Development Report 2000-2001
indicates that the biggest problem of poverty,
besides the lack of food, is the lack of power directly
related to a lack of knowledge.
 Worldwide almost 1 billion people lack a basic skill
to acquire knowledge i.e. they are illiterate.
 Preparing children for facing the challenges so that
their base will get strong and they would move
towards empowerment.
Mumbai (85.60%)
Bihar (61.80%)
Kerala (93.91%)
Highest Literacy rate
Lowest Literacy rate
Average Literacy rate
“Primary education needs to be approached more creatively where dedicated teachers
urture you g hildre ho a prepare the sel es for the halle ges of the future.
Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

3. FACTORS AFFECTING
EDUCATION IN INDIA
 Lack of awareness .
 Lack of basic teaching facilities like
blackboard, chalk, safe drinking water & food
etc.
 Incompatibility in the perceptions of parents
and children.
 Unavailability of modern facilities.
 Number of schools are less in remote areas.
 Corruption.
 Poverty among the masses.
 Poor quality education in the public schools.
 Laws are made but not being implemented.
Factors
leading
to school
Drop-out
School
factors( poor
teaching bad
infrastructure
etc.)
Long journey
to school +
Harsh
environment.
Peer
pressure
Negative
attitudes
towards
education
within family.
Household
poverty
Loss of one
or both
parents.
Early
marriage.
The task of the oder edu ator is ot to ut do ju gles, ut to irrigate deserts.C.S. Lewis

4. FACTS (ACROSS THE GLOBE)
 According to UNESCO, 61 million primary school-age children
were not enrolled in school in 2010.
 58% of children do not complete primary education in India
(because they a ’t afford to lose o e la our fro their fa ily).
 The ASER report also estimates that only 50% of rural children
enrolled in standard five can fluently read a standard two text
book.
 While girls are less likely to begin school, boys are more likely to
repeat grades or drop out altogether.
 53 % of the orld s out-of-school children are girls and
two-thirds of the illiterate people in the world are women.
Edu atio is the a ifestatio of the perfe tio already i a a .Swami Vivekananda

5. MEASURES ADOPTED BY
GOVERNMENT
Edu atio is the ost po erful eapo hi h you a use to ha ge the orld.
The go er e t s flagship program
Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) has achieved the following in
10 years :
 Girls ad issio i pro ed dra atically. Gender parity is achieved.
 Out of School children number has been brought down significantly (8 million in 2009, 3 million in 2012).
 Big boost to additional schools -195,000 Primary and more than 100,000 Upper Primary schools sanctioned.
 2 million additional teacher posts.
 1.8 million additional classrooms approved. 230,000 drinking water projects approved.
 The scheme supports 200 million children in 1.4 million schools in the country.
Nelson Mandela

6. IMMEDIATE GOALS
 Reduce dropout rates of children at the elementary
level.
 Develop minimum standards of educational attainment
in elementary schools, to ensure quality education.
 Increase the literacy rate for persons of age 7 years or
more upto 85 percent by 2013–14.
 Reduce the gender gap in literacy to atleast 10
percentage points by 2013-14.
 Reduce child mortality rates in villages.
Pu li edu atio does ot ser e a pu li , it reates a pu li .Einstein

7. Bridging Gender Gap
at primary level
The edu ated differ fro the u edu ated as u h as the li i g differ fro the dead.Aristotle
 Girls enrolment increased from 43.7% (2000-2001)
to 46.7% (2004-2005).
 Gender gap reduced from 19 to 6 %
 48 distt. Gender Gap > 10% .
Reduce the rate of female foeticide .
24 %
16%
16 %
9 %
Bihar
Jharkhand
Gujarat
Rajasthan
High Gender Gap ( in %)

8. REMEDIAL ACTIONS
 Establish a Guiding Vision, Common
Language and Culture.
 Encourage Student Exchange Programs at primary level
 Overcome the myth that private schools are better than
their government counterparts.
Work on reasons for dropouts.
 Mutual understanding between parents, teachers and
students.
 Public-private-partnership (PPP)
 Actively participate in programs like Teach India to
educate poor people ho ca t afford schools.
In Favour
• Flexible than
public sector
• Improve basic
education pattern
Against
• Increase
socioeconomic
segregation
• Lose support of
educated parents
Promotion
• Include parents
• Online videos and
blogs
• Be intentional
Real edu atio is that hi h e a les o e to sta d o his o legs.Brigham Young

9. SUGGESTIONS FOR GOVERNMENT
 Fu d a d pro ote i o ati e ideas like School on wheels
which provides education on a mobile van while travelling from
village to village.
 Most stress should be laid on Girl Education.
 Provide necessary security for female students so that parents
can let them out without any fear.
 Exposure to computers and computer training at an early
stage.
 Measures to be taken for easy accessibility of books at
minimum costs to all sections of students.
 The focus should be on improving the processes &
streamlining the functioning of departments associated with
education.
 Spread awareness through advertisements.
“tudy ithout desire spoils the e ory, a d it retai s othi g that it takes i .Leonardo da Vinci

10. Appoint an official to supervise the fund transactions for
various government projects so as to minimize corruption.
 Reduce homework at primary level to avoid overburden on
children.
 Provide special classes for physically & mentally disabled
children.
Opening of primary schools in tribal area for promotion of
education in ST people and promote adult education.
 Proper counseling.
 Spread awareness through media and street plays.
 Recognize talent of children at their tender age and hone it.
 Take regular feedbacks directly from students and parents.
 E courage a d pro ote fil s like Taare Za ee Par ,
3 Idiots etc.
 UNESCO.
 Wikipedia.org
 ASER
 GOOGLE
 Nandoperettifound.org.
 www.theguardian.com.
 visualizing.org
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