 Elementary Education in India in the Era of Universalization of Education: Instrument of Access or the Perpetuation of InequalityManik Kumar, Nicky Naincy and Rahul Ranjan Emerging Economy Studies, 2018, vol. 4, issue 2, 218-231 Abstract: Abstract Sixty years of policymaking in the arena of elementary educational reforms in India and global focus through the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have seen progress along with persisting inequality in access to education especially for socioeconomic and marginalized sections across the regions. This article focuses on analysis of two goals of MDGs which is related to universalization of education and reducing gender inequality in access to elementary education after introduction of policy interventions such as Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) and Right to Education (RTE) Act in India through Gender Equity Index (GEI) and Disparity Index (DI) in Gross Enrollment Ratio (GER). Results are still consistent with the fact that even after incentives such as SSA and RTE, the scenario of elementary education has not changed much for the deprived sections, even it has shown a declining trend after 2009 for Scheduled Tribes (ST) children. The social reproduction of inequality is being manifested now in the quality of elementary education in India. Keywords: Gender disparity; Gender Equity Index; elementary education; MDGs (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:sae:emecst:v:4:y:2018:i:2:p:218-231 Access Statistics for this article More articles in Emerging Economy Studies from International Management Institute |
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