A brief description about wastage and stagnation

2. What is wastage ?
Wastage has been defined
from the Hartog
Committee as “the
premature withdrawal of
children from school at
any stage before the
completion of the primary
course”.

3. What is stagnation ?
According to Hartog
Committee, “stagnation
is the detention of a
child in a lower class for
a period of more than
one year”.

4. CAUSES OF WASTAGE AND
STAGNATION

5. 1. SOCIAL CAUSES
Social backwardness
Illiteracy of parents
Orthodox mentality
Domestic problem
Child marriage

6. 2. ECONOMIC CAUSES
 Poverty
 Helping parents to earn more

7. 3. EDUCATIONAL CAUSES
• Lack of facilities in the schools
• Faulty admission policy
• Absence of schooling facilities
• Appointment of non-committed
teachers• Unsuitable curriculum
• Unsuitable teaching methods
• Fear of examination

8. 4. MISCELLANEOUS CAUSES
Under-nourishment and
mal-nuitrition of children
Heterogeneity in the age
composition

9. REMEDIAL MEASURES

10. Minimising heterogeneity
in the age composition

11. Special allowance for
teachers in rural areas

12. Extending support

13. Spreading adult
education

14. Provision for pre-
school education

15. Adjusting school
hours

16. Adoption of new
techniques of
evaluation

17. Presented by
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