Primary Education in India: Trends and Future Prospects

Primary education is given top priority in the developing countries of the world including India, particularly after the Jomtien conference. However, the existing system of primary education is riddled with various structural and functional anomalies which need to be addressed for successful implementation of the universalisation of primary education. In this article the author discusses the problems of primary education in India, the policies and programmes related to it and the future challenges. The article covers a wide spectrum of areas which are linked to primary education and responsible for its problems. The author argues that the loopholes of the present system can be plugged by following a particular framework which is suggested in the article. This framework will increase the efficiency of the contemporary system, as well as equipping it with necessary mechanisms to meet future challenges.