Causes of Deprivation of Elementary Education in Children Living in Slums

B. Razia
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B. Razia: Aligarh Muslim University, India

European Journal of Education and Pedagogy, 2021, vol. 2, issue 3, 141-144

Abstract: Education plays an important role in uplifting the Socio-economic Status of a society. Significant proportions of urban poor population in India live in slum areas and are deprived of education. Large number of children living in slums (age group of 6-14 years) are out of school due to varied reasons. The researcher focused the study on the causes of non-enrolment and dropout of such deprived children. Incidental sampling technique was employed to collect the data from various households of 8 different slum localities of Aligarh city, India. Data collected from the parents through Structured Interview Schedule indicates that 43.06% children between the age group of 6-14 years have never enrolled in schools while 33.57% of total children dropped out due to varied reasons. The causes underlying non-enrolment and dropout of children living in slums have been discussed in detail in this paper.

Keywords: Dropout; Elementary Education; Non-enrolment; Slums (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.24018/ejedu.2021.2.3.133

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