Impact of right to education act in Hisar district
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Date
2014
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CCSHAU
Abstract
Present study was conducted in Hisar District of Haryana state, purposively. Four schools were selected
both from rural and urban areas. 25 parents and 25 students were selected from each schools. Further
all the appointed teachers in all the four schools were selected randomly. Thus a total sample of 100
parents, 100 students and 50 teachers were selected. A set of 21 independent variables and 3 dependent
variables were used in study. The collected data was quantified and interpreted by using suitable
statistical tools. Socio personal profile of respondents revealed that, majority of parents were from age
group of 25 to 35 years, medium educational status and independent professions as their major family
occupation. Majority of the teachers were from 25 to 35 years of age, medium educational status, had
motorcycles as a mean of transport, they had attended training and they had spent medium duration (5-
8yrs) in school. Parents had poor social participation and low extension contacts. Whereas teachers had
medium communicational profile. The findings also revealed that parents had low awareness about
RTE, whereas teachers had high awareness about RTE. Regarding provision for school under RTE,
teachers had high awareness. Both parents and teachers had high awareness about provision of midday
meal under RTE. Overall Perception, regarding impact of RTE act in parents and students were
medium and in teachers were high after RTE. In both areas respondents had cent percent constraints
regarding “Parents don’t send their girls to school because of long distance and for security reason”,
“Paper work increased after RTE”, “Increase in extra curriculum activities” and “No failure of children
irrespective of their performance”. The independent variable, number of children in both parents and
teachers had significant association with “Awareness about provision for school under RTE” and
family education with “Awareness of provision for students under RTE” and “Awareness about
provision of midday meal”. The girls enrollment is higher than the boys in urban schools, but in Dhani
Peeranwali no facilities of midday meal was observed at the time of data collection and the data further
showed that in all other schools, there were no security guard, peon, no separate toilet facility for staff,
no library facility and no other facilities in the schools on the day of the visit of the schools.
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Area, Public sector, Biological phenomena, Byproducts, Participation, Manpower, Economic systems, Economics, Marketing, Land resources