A STUDY INTO THE EFFORTS AND EFFECTS IN THE UNIVERSALISATION OF PRIMARY EDUCATION IN BARGARH DISTRICT

The progress of a nation completely depends upon its educational system. It is through education that we can make people aware of their rights, duties and responsibilities. Education will instill in them right civic sense. Success of democracy depends on its citizens. Hence democracy needs its citizens to be educated. People can cast their valuable vote properly if they are educated and politically conscious. So all the citizens must be educated at least minimum level. Article 45 of the Indian constitution pledges free and compulsory education to all children up to the age of 14 years. In spite of provisions made in the constitution and efforts made by the government. We have not been able to universalize it till date. Free and compulsory primary education has remained in pen and paper only. The problems which have been instrumental for our failure are apathy of parents, early marriage of girls, poverty of parents, poor nutrition of children, high rate of wastage and stagnation, inaccessible areas etc.