A Study of School Dropout Children in Pune City with Special Reference to Kothurd

Abstract Education is the first step of personality development but today?s education status is very poor in slums area in urban city. Dropout is a universal phenomenon of education system in India, spread over all levels of education, in all parts of the country and across all the socio-economic groups of population. Mostly these families were migrated in rural area in Maharashtra state. School going children?s was facing so many problems of the school setup and friend crucial. Urban areas environment is not suitable to children education, children?s was facing problems like life style, languages, habits ect. These reasons are increasing school dropout ratio in slum area. Both children?s was drop out the school in 8th and 9th standard, researcher was conducting survey in slum area in Kothrud (Pune city).