1. The document discusses educational development in Indian rural areas. It notes that over 72% of India's population lives in rural areas and villages, so rural education plays a significant role in overall development. 2. Several problems are outlined with the rural education system, including lack of infrastructure, basic amenities, transportation, and fewer schools compared to urban areas. Teachers also earn less income than urban teachers. 3. Suggestions are provided to improve rural education, such as updating curriculums to include agriculture, using technology to engage students, and providing scholarships to reward high-performing students. 4. The government has introduced several initiatives to promote rural education, including the Right to Education Act, Sarva

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Research Paper - Education
A Study of Educational Development in Indian
Rural Areas
* Poonam Bhardwaj ** Dr. Satya veer Yadav November ,2012
* Research Scholar , Singhania University , Pacheri Bari, Dist-Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan-
** Under the Supervision of Dr. Satya Veer Yadav, Principal ,RTTC, Jakhrana, Behror, Raj.
A B S T R A C T
A research statistics into demographics of the country reveals that over 72% India population lives in villages and small
town and in poor socioeconomic condition since India's Independence concerted efforts have been under taken to
improve infrastructure and promote development in rural pocket of the country however rural development includes not
just economic betterment but also socio transformation with particular emphasis on educational facalities to bridge
the rural urban divide. Education plays a pivotal role in achieving development & sustainable livelihoods in a competitive
economic environment.
Keywords: Indian rural education ,Right to Education(RTE) Act 2009, Govt. of India, Ministry of Human Resource
Development . 2. Problems of infrastructure - Many schools in vil
Introduction lages lack proper infrastructure facilities there are no
Most of the world population lives in vil- Proper facilities for sitting as sometime children are
lages. The contribution of rural India towards the even made to sit on the floor due non availability of
economic development is not hidden from any of us. furniture the school building lacks doors and win
The World Bank has defined Rural Development "as dows `and so the wind and animals enter unimpeded.
a strategy designed to improve the economic and 3. Basic amenities - Even the basic amenities like drink
social life of a specific group of people - the rural ing water -clean toilet etc are also not available in
development with the changing time this misbelieve many of the schools at village.
has also changed. As more than half of the population 4. Transportation facilities - This is one of the biggest
in India lives In villages, therefore the education sys- problems being faced by the children going to Village
tem in rural areas also plays a significant contribution school as there no proper transport facilities avail
in the growth of economy education has a desir- able children do not like to travel miles to come to
able controlling influence over the development of the School .
rural individual, family, community and society that 5. Number of school in rural areas - In comparison to
leads to reduced poverty and controlled unemployment. the number of schools present in urban area i.e. Cities
Functions of education include imparting social or town there are very few school in village or rural
change , making rural people about their rights, areas.
improving individual standard of living , providing 6. Financial statusof teaching faculty- Teacher in the
employment and income opportunities to rural people villages also get very less income in comparison to the
etc.The education system at present was introduced teachers that in urban schools as teachers are not
during the British rule during 20th century.The system satisfied with their income they generally do not give
so given has a western style and content, ignoring proper attention to the students .
traditional structures and so has declined. After inde- 7. Extra curricular activities- Apart from the course
pendence, the central government has taken the curriculum, rural school are not able to involve in other
responsibility of technical and higher education. Activities like sports co curricular activities and com-
Educational institutions problems in rural India petitions, such event and activities tent help in the
Though India is developing rapidly and many over all development of the children.
initiatives had been taken for the development of rural Factors Responsible for The Failure of Rural
India Still much more have to be done there are several Education
problems being faced by the school running in rural 1. The teaching faculty do not get any support from
India Some of these problems are stated below: the parents in village ,as the parents in village want that
1. Deficiency of funds - one of the severe hurdles in the their children should be provided with the education
education system in rural India is the unavailability related to agriculture so that they can help them ,this
of funds some school do not have funds even for thinking act as an obstacle in bringing the children to
purchasing benches blackboards etc. school. 2. Lack of literacy on the part of the parents also
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act as an obstacle in attracting the students in rural education for children between 6 to 14 in India under
areas. 3. As teachers in rural areas get very less salary article 21a of the Indian constitution. India has become
incomparison to the teachers teaching in Schools one of the 135 countries to make education a fundamen-
located in towns or cities,so they do not show their full tal right of every child when the act came in to force on
dedication.4. In several schools of village, the premise April 2010.
of schools is also not sufficient to accompany all the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA)
students.5. Students in the rural areas are also not It is government of India's flagship programme
interested in education because it is not appealing as for achievement of universalization of elementary edu-
any Computer, laptops, internet facility is not made cation (UEE) in a time bound manner, as mandated by
available for them. 86thamendment to the constitutions of India making
Suggestions for Rural Education in India free & compulsory education to the children of six to
The followings are some of the suggestion fourteen years age group ,a fundamental right SSA is
that can be adopted for improving the education sys- being implemented in partnership with state govern-
tem in rural or remote areas - ment to cover the entire country .
1. The curriculum of rural education can be updated Lok Jumbish project
and should accompany education related to farming, The Lok Jumbish ( LJ) project has 75 blocks
gardening. 2. To attract more number of students and covering approximately 12 million of population. LJ
creating enthusiasm in them for learning visual aids works hand in hand with government agencies, teach-
like projector, television etc should be used. 3. To ers, NGOS, elected representatives and the people in
motivate the teachers they should be made to feel an interactive group efforts to promote universaliza-
proud that by teaching in the rural or remote areas tion of primary education. It works on seven guiding
they are acting as a helping hand in the development principals. These are: - 1. A process rather than a prod-
of economy. 4. Some special session or classes can be uct approach. 2. Partnership 3. Decentralized function-
conducted for the parents to make them realize the ing. 4. Participatory learning 5. Integration with the
significance of education for their children . 5. To mainstream education system. 6. Flexibility of manage-
appreciated the efforts of students ,some type of schol- ment. 7.Creating multiple levels of leadership commit-
arships either in the from of gifts or books can be given ted to quality and mission mode.
to them who perform well in the class . Operation Blackboard :- This scheme was launched in
The Government initiatives in the field of 1987 'with a motto of improving the school environ-
Rural Education For promoting the importance of ment, For the sake of retaining and enhancing the Learn-
education in India ,ministry of law and justice had ing skill of children this has been started. This scheme
introduce The right of children to free and compulsory has brought are remarkable improvement in primary
education act 2009, it is an act introduced to provide education nearly 523000 primary school has been cov-
Free and compulsory education to all children between ered in the beginning.
the ages of six to fourteen years , several central and Conclusion :- "Intelligence plus character is the goal of
state level initiatives have been in operating from true education'' very rightly started by Martin Luther
the early 1980s . the main objectives of all these king, Jr.The fate of any country depends fully on the
initiatives include increasing girls enrollment , improv- education of its people. Basic education is viewed world-
ing educational outcomes , strengthening community wide as human right. For this reason the right of children
involvement , improving teaching and learning mate- to free and compulsory education act, 2009 came into
rials, and providing in service teachers training in vil- picture. All educational innovations require strong com-
lages. Some of these initiatives are: munity support and participation.People's acceptance
Right to education and participation can be used as a indicator for measur-
Right of children to free and compulsory education act ing the progress of the various programme. Therefore to
or right to education act (RTE)which was Passed by spread awareness among the rural people about the
Indian Parliament on 4 august 2009, describes the need and significance of education more efforts have to
modalities of the provision of free and compulsory be taken by the government,educated youth of urban
towns and cities, teachers, young scholars etc.
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6 http://www.adb.org/document/books/rural-development
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