Rural education facilities: -A case study of Udaynarayanpur block, Howrah with special referance to primary school

Since independence the Indian Government had always an intension to implement a National Policy for education which benefits both rural and urban learners equally. The responsibility of implementation of 86th Amendment of Indian Constitution given to Sarva Sikhsha Abhiyan (SSA) had provided an opportunity for proper development of children within 6–14 age groups by serving quality education through mission mode. In India programmes like free school education is necessarily needed to alleviate rural illiteracy. This paper is an attempt to highlight the prevailing situation of education status in rural section of Udaynarayanpur, Haora District. It will also identify the role of SSA in providing quality education in this rural belt. Interview method was applied to identify present problems of this area and secondary data like student enrollment, drop-out rate and amount of expenditure incurred by SSA are gathered from circle resource Centre, Udaynarayanpur. Primary survey was carried out in five primary schools to assess the infrastructural facility provided by SSA. The absence of proper infrastructural facility is a cause of backwardness in educational sector.