Abstract
An investigation is done on learning outcomes among children in different States of India at elementary level. Here, 24 major States of India are considered. The exercise is done on the basis of different Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) from 2010, whose information is rural-specific. Learning outcome index of the students of each State are calculated both at standard III and standard V level. It is observed that in most of the States, the learning achievement of the children at elementary level is deteriorating, but not rapidly. It has also come out that higher literacy among parents, availability of some school related factors like Mid-day Meal, proper drinking water,sanitation and playground facility can play a positive role to improve the learning achievement of the rural Indian children at elementary level.
Highlights
Education is a process of imparting knowledge and developing powers of reasoning and judgement of an individual.It is one of the pillars of Human Development Index (HDI)
The vicious circle of povertyof a less developed country can be broken through investment in human capital formation which will result in overall development of the economy and that can be done through improving the quality ofelementary education.Better learning outcome at elementary level can help the future citizens to be capable to work as skilled worker in their adult hood and can earn higher amount
Availability of pucca household which is an indicator of rural economic condition fails to create any impact on standard III level children.It has been found that better drinking water facility, sanitation facility at school, and even availability of mid-day meal and better pupil-teacher ratio cannot create any positive outcome on the learning achievement of the children at standard III level
Summary
Education is a process of imparting knowledge and developing powers of reasoning and judgement of an individual.It is one of the pillars of Human Development Index (HDI). We have calculated the Average Growth Rate(in %) at standard III level and standard V level among the different states of India.Later on, we want to investigate possible family related and school related factorswhich may influence learning outcome of the children in rural India on the basis of Panel data regression analysis. Manipur, Orissa, Tamil Nadu, Tripura and West Bengal marked a fall in learning ability of the children in elementary education at standard III level.On the other hand while moving from 2014 to 2016 all states except Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, and Mizoram marked a rise in the value of learning outcome index.
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