A STUDY OF INFRASTRUCTURAL FACILITIES FOR PRIMARY EDUCATION IN ANAND DISTRICT OF GUJARAT
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https://doi.org/10.29121/shodhkosh.v5.i1.2024.3398Keywords:
Primary Education, Infrastructure, Public and Private SchoolsAbstract [English]
Education has been considered as at the core of development for any country or region and has been giving one of the highest return for developmental activities. Education brings gender and social equality by enriching the knowledge among the people about society and legislation. It is well proven fact that the higher female literacy ratio increases the contribution of women in economic as well as social life of the society. The present research endeavours to evaluate the infrastructural facilities for primary education in Anand district of Gujarat. The secondary data are analysed for this purpose. The results showed that there has been gradual increase in number of private schools resulting in an increasing trend in enrolment in these schools as well. This indicates that increasingly parents are willing to spend money to send their children to private schools as it is believed that private schools function much better as compared to government schools. The data analysis indicates that due to many initiatives taken by government at the national and state level, some improvement has taken place in the government schools as well. It has been found that most of the government schools across the district are now accessible by all-weather roads and they have their own building. Similarly, improvement has also been made in terms of availability of drinking water facility, toilets, classrooms, etc. Still, a large number of faciltities like computer, play ground and library are not efficiently utilized in these schools of Anand. This has posed the serious concerned for the government to frame appropriate policy for the efficient and better utilization of infrastructural facilities.
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