IMPACT OF PRE-PRIMARY EDUCATION ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN BASIC SCHOOL SUBJECTS

This paper highlights on the impact of pre-primary education on academic achievements of students at elementary level. The study was conducted in Nayagarh district on 120 sampled students. The findings of the study revealed that the students with Pre-Primary Education perform better in their oral and written test in Language, Numerical, Science and Social studies better than the students without Pre-Primary Education. The children with pre-primary education performed better than the children without Pre-Primary Education in language ability. The students with pre-primary school experience performed better in Numerical ability than the students without Pre-Primary Education experience. The children with Pre-primary Education performed better than the children without Pre-Primary Education in Science. There exists a significant difference between the achievement in social Studies of children with and without Pre-Primary.