International Journal of Research in Social Sciences
Year : 2019, Volume : 9, Issue : 6
First page : ( 639) Last page : ( 650)
Online ISSN : 2249-2496.

Urban rural disparity in education in India

Chakrabarti Sarthak, Mehta Shivani

B.A (Honours) Economics, Amity School of Economics

Online published on 27 September, 2019.

Abstract

In this modern era, India is growing and developing day by day and achieving various milestones but the growth has been uneven; the rich are getting richer and poor are getting poorer (Kelley. B, 2015). Education being the basic foundation for any economy to grow and should be at the heart of policy making of the government. It is this education that may act as a bridging gap for urban rural disparity which is a major milestone that India is yet to achieve. Closing the gap in education is the most effective way to reduce urban rural disparity as well as uneven distribution of income between rich and poor in India (Malaeb, K. S. 2016). Education standards between rural and urban areas are affected by various other factors like population, infant mortality rates, life expectancy, below poverty line. This study tries to assess factors that affect the level of education in both rural and urban areas and tries to put forward the policy measures on how this disparity can be reduced such that urban and rural equality may be achieved by raising the level of education.

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Keywords

Expected years of Schooling Education Urban Areas Rural Areas.

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