1. IMPORTANCE OF PRIMARY EDUCATION
• Education: Tells us ‘how to think, how to work,how to take
decisions’
• Education: imp factor which formulates the persona of
person.
• Education: promotes the knowledge skills, habbits and values,
understanding.
• Education: helps people to become an useful member of the
society and to develop an appreciation of their cultural
heritage.

2. PRESENT SITUATION
• 80% of Indian population lives in villages.
• Thus rural area suffers more problems related to
primary education as compared to urban
population.
• About 20% of indian students between ages of
six and 14 are not enrolled in school
• Even among the anrolled children attendance
rate are low
• 26% of pupils enrolled in primary school drop out
before 5.

3. Primary Education in India
• Primary education is
provided by the public as
well as private section.
• funding coming from
three level
central,state,local.
• The constitution of india
provides free and
compulsary education for
all children between ages
of six and 14 as a
fundamental right.
• This picture shows
literecy % in whole india

4. PROBLEMS
1)ABSENCE OF STUDENTS
Causes:
1)attending half-school
2) to earn their livelihood
3)to support parents in earnings
4)to take care of siblings
Solutions:
1)encourage attendence by schemes such as Mid-day meal.
2) should include interactive activites, prizes for highest attender
3)Free uniform, books facilities.

5. 2)LACK OF RESOURCES
Causes:
1)Funds provided by government do not reach the root level
2)Imbalance in number of students and resources provided to
them
Solutions:
1)Ample amount of facilities such as ‘ sports kits, computers,
internet service, good library, efficient laboratories, ground’.
2)School infrastructure should be airy, clean so that students can
learn properly.
3)Lack of classrooms in rural areas.

6. 3) VIEW OF SOCIETY IN RURAL AREAS
Causes:
1)Less awareness about education,lack of interest of parents
2)Monetary burden.
3)Superstitious thinking of village people.
4)They don’t give importance to education
Solutions:
1)Awareness programs should be implemented strictly
2)Convince parents that education is basic need to develop
good and responsible citizen.
3)Monetary burden can be reduced by ‘free education’
government schemes.

7. PROBLEMS…
1)More number of students compared classrooms and other
resources.
2)Less awareness about ‘intelligence development’.
3)Less number of teachers available.
4)Low quality of training provided to teachers by government.
5)Total expenditure of government on education is very less as
compared to other sectors.
6)Ignorance of government towards the need of students.
7)Lack of healthy diet which leads to health problems that
ultimately leads to retardation of thinking power.

8. SOLUTIONS…
1)Important solution is government should increas its expense
package for primary education, so that everyone can afford all
facilities required to get education.
2)Strict implementation of government schemes.
3)Variations in different states’s board patterns should be
equalised.
4)Quality of pre-service training of teachers should be improved
so that they can teach their students in efficient manner.
5)Superstition should be eradicated from the society as it has
very adverse effects on thinking of society.
6)Media plays an important role in spreading awareness.
so media should give major contribution in changing people’s
mindset.

9. • THE MAIN CAUSE OF ALL THESE PROBLEMS
FACED IN PRIMARY EDUCATION: POVERTY
Reasons:
1) Per capita income of every indian is very less.
2)Due to corruption,funds provided by government do not reach
root level.
3)Irresponsible behaviour of political leaders.
4)Poor and partial management of government system and their
infrastructure.
5)There are tremendous reasons in India that leads to poverty.

10. • ILL EFFECTS OF POVERTY:
1)Basic needs like healthy diet, etc arenot fulfilled due to
poverty.
2)Mental growth is retarded due to lack of nutritious diet.
3)This leads to inability to concentrate on studies and grasp new
things.
4)Due to poverty, facilities are not provided.