Parental awareness about enrollment drive in primary schools of Odisha

The purpose of this study is to find out the awareness among parents about enrollment drive in Odisha. A sample of 200 parents from two district of Odisha Bolangir and Dhenkanal were collected. The study was conducted by using descriptive survey method. An Awareness about Enrollment Drive Scale (AEDS) was used to collect data from parents. The result of the study indicated that the parents belongs to urban areas have more aware about enrollment drive than the rural areas parents. Further, the literate parents were more aware about enrollment drive as compare to their counterpart. That means there is no significant difference in awareness between rural and urban parents about enrollment drive. However the mean score of urban parents is higher than the rural parents. It implies that the urban parents were more awared about enrollment drive. Many problem of access has been addressed in the form of improving infrastructure, proving Mid-day meal and uniform books etc. On the basis of the findings it is suggested that, primary education is very vital for getting higher education. So it should be better all students should get education to protect their constitutional right through enrollment campaign. Further, the illiterate parents were not aware about the different enrollment schemes of the Government, so the knowledge and the way of propagating enrollment in schools should be in the form of drama and music through television and radio.