EDUCATIONAL DEPRIVATION IN INDIA : AN EVIDENCE FROM NATIONAL SAMPLE SURVEY

Abstract

Present study tries to understand the correlates and access to education in terms of two important dimensions of educational deprivations i.e educational wastage and educational non-enrolment for the of persons of age (5-29) years. The study highlighted the constraints in proper implementation of Right to Education act in India. The empirical analysis shows that the mean age of enrolment in Indian school is 5.5 years and drop-out age is 14 years and 60 percent females never get enrolled in school in their lifetime. Among states, nearly 20 percent children in Bihar never seen school and more than 33 percent of the children in relatively developed states like Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu are educationally wasted while in Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal and Orissa have of total children(5-29 years) half are educationally wasted. The main reasons of educational deprivation were lack of interest in education and financial constraints.