STATUS OF GIRL EDUCATION IN RURAL AREA: A STATISTICAL STUDY

Education seems one of the major enterprises of the 21st century to cater the needs of individuals in global economy and knowledge society. In the past five decades and more, many rural development programmes have been launched. The aim of these programmes have been to cover all the facets of rural life such as agriculture, animal husbandry, roads (communication facilities), health, education, housing, employment and nutrition. Recently, government undertook several schemes for enhancing girl child education. For example, free education for the girl students up to higher secondary level, stipend for the girl students up to secondary level, etc. These initiatives certainly had significant impacts on girl child education. In many developing countries of the world, rural areas are the most populous and are the most neglected region in the provision of basic amenities such as good roads, primary and affordable health care, electricity supply, potable water, well-equipped schools and other essential infrastructural facilities. According to Ministry of Rural Development,GOI(2014), more than half of the world's population and more than 75% of the world's poor are in rural areas where hunger, illiteracy and low school achievement are commonplace. Education for a large number of people in rural areas is crucial to achieve sustainable development. Swami Vivekananda voiced "Education is the process of bringing out the potential that is latent in every human being." He enlightened that the very essence of education is concentration of mind, not the collection of facts. India has shown significant progress in the field of education since independence. But due to some obstacles the facilities are not reach to the grass root level because of gap between knowledge,implementing procedure,attitudes,& so many reasons.This paper aims at explaining the essentials of education in the rural areas through enhancing literacy, business skill and social awareness. The paper also identifies possible barriers, suggesting plans as a tools to enhance quality of rural schools.