Quality universalisation of elementary education in India: A challenge

The investigator attempts to study Quality Universalisation of Elementary Education in India: A Challenge. This article aims to analyze government innovations and challenges of universalisation of quality education. Universalisation of elementary education in India means making education available to all children in the age group from 6 to 14 or in the classes from I to VIII. The State should provide elementary education to all children irrespective of their caste, colour, creed, sex, language, religion, socio-economic status and place of birth or living. The Central and States Government have taken different innovations to improve the quality primary education like Operation Blackboard, District Primary Education Programme, Mid-Day Meal Scheme, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, Sarva Shiksha Mission and Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act-2009. Several factors pose as challenges of quality in elementary education in India in the 21st century. At present, the Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act-2009 is new innovation of Government of India for educating all children and ensure to get quality education. The quality elementary education has now become a challenge before the educationists, teachers, social reformers, political thinkers and social activities in India.