LANGUAGE IN INDIA

Strength for Today and Bright Hope for Tomorrow

Volume 13 : 1 January 2013
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
Editors: B. Mallikarjun, Ph.D.
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         L. Ramamoorthy, Ph.D.
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A Study of Infrastructure Facilities of Primary Education of
the Bodos in Kokrajhar District of Assam

Kusum Brahma, M.A.

Abstract

Primary education appears to be a basic foundation of social, political, education and economic development of a country. It is primary education that empowers an individual to become self-reliant and enables them ultimately to participate in the process of national development. Many studies also highlight that countries which have made proper provision for primary education are far ahead of those of inadequate provision. Infrastructure facilities are also another basic provision of primary education. Providing sound and adequate infrastructure facilities can contribute a lot to the qualitative improvement of primary education as well as participation of students. The present paper focuses on the infrastructure facilities of primary education of the Bodos in Kokrajhar district in respect to housing facilities, types of school building, number of rooms, types of furniture, etc. provided in the schools.

Introduction

Primary education is the basic foundation of all higher education. In this stage, an individual first learns to read, write and do mathematical calculation. We can expect the future progress of our country only from a well-planned and implemented primary education. At this stage child’s cultural, emotional, ethical, intellectual, moral, physical, social and spiritual development also takes place. Primary education empowers the individual to become self-reliant and enables them to participate in the process of national development. It develops the human efficiency and competency and contributes to the overall economic growth and development. Primary education raises the productivity and earning potential of a population and improves the quality of lives (World Bank, 1993, Barrow 1991). It is the indicator directly associated with economic development and indirectly with poverty alleviation and population growth.

Widespread illiteracy among people has hindered their access to information. Without basic literacy, it is much more difficult to promote better understanding of our changing social scenario. The knowledge of primary education can produce a literate and numerate population who can deal more or less satisfactorily with their problems encountered in daily life. Primary education serves as a basis on which a society is to be restructured and further education planned. It can bring a positive effect on the productive capacity of a society. Recent research by Bridsall and Londono (1998) confirms that there is a high correlation between country levels of income inequality and inequality in the distribution of literacy. Thus, primary education advances human capability, economic opportunity and political participation. It fructifies multiple dimensions of freedom from fear and want, it generates self-confidence, and supports orientation towards future, offers coping mechanism in terms of crisis (Amartya Sen). Without a quantitative and adequate development of primary education, the process of development of the country will come to a grinding halt.

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Kusum Brahma, M.A.
Assistant Professor
Department of Education
Darrang College
Tezpur-784001
Assam
India
kusumbrahma@gmail.com
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