An analysis of Rural Education infrastructure in India

Abstract

The greater proportion of people in the world live in rural areas. Around 68% of Indian population are belongs to rural environment. Though the contribution of rural areas to the national economic development is limited, however specially in developing countries a huge amount of economic contribution depends on rural areas. Therefore, rural development is key for the overall economic development of many developing countries including India. Rural development is an eminent factor for the development of our economy. The crucial motivating factor for the development of the economy in today’s time is education. Like in the body of human being liver is responsible for the proper functioning of the body, in the same way education acts a backbone for the economy. To explore this significant role of education in India especially in rural India, this paper tries to explain the present condition of rural education, rural education v/s urban education failures and problems being faced by the rural education. It also focused the various initiatives been taken by the government and some of the suggestions for improving the education system in rural or remote areas.