Development of scheduled caste students of primary education in Karnataka

There is a saying in Sanskrit, “Yatha Lokaaha, Tathhaa Shikshana Kramaaha”- i.e. ‘As the people are, so is the education system’. If the scheduled casteis indifferent towards its teacher, its school and education system, it has no reason to expect its children to get good education. If people want their children to be educated properly, they should be willing and ready to put in their own efforts towards the all-round development of the education system, beginning with their immediate neighbourhood. Keeping in view the crucial importance of scheduled caste involvement for the popularizing and promoting (especially in reference to universalization and development of primary education), the present study was carried by delimiting its scope to the role of School development and management committee in development of primary education in karnataka in terms of enrolment and phenomenon of dropout. It also studies the overall contribution of village education development committees for organizing educational and cultural activities in primary schools; identifying the problems being faced by the school and suggest ways and means to improve the situation; strengthening the different types of programmes viz. Non Formal Education and Anganwadies. The findings of the study indicated that there is a need to strengthen scheduled caste in improving the school system and achieving the set goal of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA). Scheduled caste involvement in the long run will prove a very effective measure not only in achieving the target of universalisation of primary education by making it relevant and related to the life but also by further encouraging the Scheduled caste o make constant and consistent efforts to bring quality in the field of primary education so that its very foundation could contribute further to bring about excellence in various fields of education.