PROBLEMS OF SCHOOL EDUCATION IN PUNJAB

Education is a core sector for achieving the objective of employment, human resource development and bringing about much needed change in social environment, leading to overall progress through efficient use of resources. An appropriate education system cultivates knowledge, skill, positive attitude, awareness and sense of responsibility towards rights and duties and imparts inner strength to face oppression, humiliation and inequality. (Ninth Five Year Plan, 1997-2002) A person who is able to read and write with understanding in any language is recordedas literate. Literacy is the best possible barometer to judge the level of educational awakening in a state, leading to a minimum capacity for self-learning.