Higher Education in Rural Areas

It was once rightly said by the father of our nation Mahatma Gandhi that 'India lives in its villages'. People residing in villages represent the true image of 'real India'. However, due to lack of literacy and education, the rural India witnesses many drawbacks.

Majority of India still lives in villages and so the topic of rural education in India is of utmost importance. A survey named called the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER), shows that even though the number of rural students attending schools is rising, but more than half of the students in fifth grade are unable to read a second grade text book and are not able to solve simple mathematical problems. Not only this, the level of mathematics and reading is further declining. Though efforts are being made, they are not in the right direction. The reason cited for this problem in surveys is the increasing number of single classroom to educate students from more than one grade. In some states attendance of teachers and students is also declining. These are a few reasons why schools have failed to educate rural India.

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