The quality crisis in Indian primary education

Education is the fundamental for all development. In India, primary education is a fundamental right of every child (6–14 years age) irrespective of their caste, religion and area. After independence, India has extended her educational facilities. The high growth rate of GER, NER and declining rate of dropout tell us the success of Indian primary education. But “Are we achieving these milestones in the cost of quality? The study conducted by Pratham and NCERT exhibits that India's education system is achieving these milestones in the cost of Quality. Reports explored the reality of India's rural primary education. The quality of primary education of India is very poor. Large number of students are not learning the prescribe contents of the curriculum in primary education. A major portion of student cannot read simple text of Standard II nor do a simple division even after five years of primary education and the portion is increasing day by day.