Volume : 6, Issue : 5, May - 2017

RURAL URBAN DISPARITY IN ACCESS TO PRIVATE ELEMENTARY EDUCATION

Benhur Ruqsana

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;<i style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:&#10;200%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">People are of different views regarding privatization of education. Some consider it as a boon as it helps in increasing accessibility of educational services, while others consider it as a bane since it causes inequality among different sections of the society. Keeping this in mind, this paper looks at the rural urban disparity of private enrollment in elementary education in India. Taking the data from the website of </span></i><i style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:&#10;12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&#10;&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">District Information System for Education for the years 2005-06 to 2015-16, this paper shows that private enrollment of elementary education is mainly concentrated in the urban areas. It is the government schools which provide elementary education to major proportion of rural population. However it can also be seen that private enrollment in rural areas is increasing and with time, private schools are becoming more and more involved in providing educational facilities to the rural regions as well.&nbsp;</span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:200%"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:&#10;200%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>