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Chandan Roy's Presentation On 'Problems of Dropout in Primary Schools"
Chandan Roy's Presentation On 'Problems of Dropout in Primary Schools"
Introduction
RTE came into force on 1st April,2011 Ensures free & compulsory education to all the children between 6-14 age- group Compulsory education casts an obligation on the appropriate government RTE matches with 2nd MDG, i.e., every child across the nations must achieve primary education within 2015
Literature review
2. School Related reasons (attendance, grade, achievement, interest in school and school work) 3. Personal Reasons (Disciplinary Problems, Other extenuating circumstances, like marriage)
Literature Review
Usha Jayachandran (2001) analyzed Indian data (NSS-52 Round data ) Child not interested to studies, Unable to cope, Parents not interested, Financial constraints are principal reasons of Dropout in India
Reasons Child not interested Unable to Cope Parents not interested Financial Constraint Other economic activities Attending domestic duties Wage Work
Literature Review
Ramachandran et al (2002) explained few factors for school access and completion of education (i) income, (ii) caste, (iii) occupation, (iv)education level of parents; Choudhury (2006) showed cared for doing well in studies as the most important predictor to reduce dropout in India
Econometric Estimation
The linear proposed model is DRP = Const+ 1.PTR + 2.SCR + 3.REPTR + 4.SC + 5.ST + 6.MUSL + 7. GPI Where, DRP = Dropout rate Constant = Captures the impact of unidentified variables
Econometric Exercise
Found F statistic is highly Significant, which means the model is perfectly fit(after removing the heteroscedasticity) R Squared = .72; Adjusted R Squared= .57 Which means 57% of the data variations can be explained by the factors
Concluding Remarks
SCR needs to be reduced as it can significantly control dropout More effective remedial classes for Disadvantaged sections Social transformation is highly required to send those Matab learners to formal school/Madrash Child Labour needs to be effectively abolished against economic compensation Otherwise the implementation and impact of RTE would remain a pipedream