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Roots of Truants of Girl Students in Government Primary Schools of Rajasthan (A Case Study of District Kota)

 

Dr. Nisha Tyagi

Assistant Professor, ST. Thomas’s College of Education,

Greater Noida, India

 

 DOI: 10.52984/ijomrc1401

 

Abstract:

 

The core aims of the present research study were to study the factors affecting the educational development of the girl students and the scale of absentees of girls at primary level in the Government schools of District Kota, Rajasthan. This research was based on both primary and secondary data. The interview schedules were constructed for collecting data. The primary data was collected from teachers, parents, out of schoolgirls, administrators and focus groups. The secondary data was collected from government agencies, civil society organizations, existing research studies, newspapers, magazines and reports. The data was collected through random sampling method. Here some of the major reasons of girls’ absenteeism at primary school level in rural areas of Kota:

 

1. Unfavourable attitude of parents. 2. Involvement of girl children in domestic activities. 3. Poverty of parents. 4. Gender discrimination.  5. Early marriage and pregnancy. 6. Violence against girls in schools. 7. Funding. 8. Child-domestic labour.  9. Lack of government schools. 10. Lack of encouragement.

       

Keywords: Government primary schools, Kota, Rajasthan, India, Girls students, Absenteeism.

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