Socio-Economic Origins of School Dropouts in Rural India (original) (raw)
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Red' shine Publication, 2022
Education is the backbone for development of any society. Development of a country is impossible without the development of women. And development of women is possible only by educating and empowering them. So, education of a girl-child needs special and careful considerations to build up her as a human capital. Girl's education has significant impact on poverty and development of a country than boy's education. It is the suitable development intervention with the greatest social return, because lack of education is the root cause of many exploitations and negligence against women. Though education is a fundamental right for all people, both for boys and girls, throughout the world, educational dropout is the alarming issue found in primary as well as secondary levels of education in India like other underdeveloped and developing countries. Every year several students specially the girls drop out of school due to several reasons which ranges from poverty, domestic problems, low educational background of parents, weak family structure, negative environment of schools to migration of parents and children, which affects the value for education and accelerate the dropouts of children. In spite of several steps taken by the Central as well as State Governments, the problem of dropout still persists in India. The Covid-19 pandemic further aggravated the situation. If this dropout rate continues, the quantity and quality of education and women development cannot be ensured in future and development of India cannot be achieved. In this paper, an attempt has been made to examine the causes and consequences of dropout of girls in India and also to frame some remedial measures to come out of the problem.
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Determinants of School dropouts among adolescents: Evidence from a longitudinal study in India
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Introduction India has the largest adolescent population in the world. However, many unprivileged Indian adolescents are still unable to complete schooling. Hence, there is a need to understand the reasons for school dropout among this population. The present study is an attempt to understand the determinants of school dropout among adolescents and identify the factors and reasons that contribute to it. Material and methods Longitudinal survey data- Understanding Adults and Young Adolescents (UDAYA) for Bihar and Uttar Pradesh has been used to identify the determinants of school dropout among adolescents aged 10–19. The first wave of the survey was conducted in 2015–2016, and the follow-up survey in 2018–2019. Descriptive statistics along with bivariate and multivariate analysis was used to observe school dropout rates and factors associated with it among adolescents. Results Results show that the school dropout rate was highest among married girls aged 15–19 years (84%), followed b...