Need for Creating Awareness on Right to Education Act (RTE) in Slum Areas- A Social Work Perspective
Journal Title: Review Journal of Political Philosophy - Year 2017, Vol 0, Issue 2
Abstract
Education being one of the most important tools in the modern world has been provided a lot of importance. People need education to prepare them for work and for living fulfilling lives. It provides a broad base of knowledge that teaches people about the world around them.With increasing urbanization, urban migration has led to a serious problem of increase in urban slums. Many studies have shown that educational level of slum dwellers in India is very low and there is an urgent need to improve the educational attainment level of urban poor for better social and economic growth. In this regard, both state and central Governments have introduced many programmes one of which is the amendment of The Right to Education Act in 2009 which describes the modalities of the importance of free and compulsory education for children between 6 and 14 years in India under Article 21A of the Indian Constitution. In this view, a study was conducted in the slums of Mysore city to know the awareness about RTE and the education status of the children dwelling in the slums. Five slums were selected for the study and the respondents were children going to primary schools and their parents. The sample size for the study was 100 i.e., 100 children and 100 parents. A Self-structured Interview Schedule prepared by the researcher was administered and simple descriptive statistics was adopted. The results show that there is nearly no awareness about RTE and there is a critical need for intervention for the same. The study also highlights the methods and models of Social Work intervention in addressing the issue, aiding individuals, groups, and organizations to meet this challenge.
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Dr. Kumudini Achchi
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