Awareness of Right to Education among Elementary School Teachers: An Empirical Analysis

Education is important not merely as means to other ends, but it is an attribute that is valued in itself, by most individuals. More importantly, it is a critical invasive instrument for bringing about social, economic and political inclusion and integration of people, particularly those excluded from the mainstream of any society. For the development of education RTE act has been initiated. In the present paper an attempt have been made to know the awareness of RTE among elementary school teachers in the Amritsar. The awareness of Right to Education among elementary school teacher is to immense importance for the welfare of the society as well as nation at large. The study highlighted that majority of elementary school teachers are aware of right to education, government and private, urban and rural teachers do not differ significantly in their awareness of right to education. Whereas male and female elementary school teachers differs significantly in their awareness of right to education act. Accordingly the government should promote the awareness of right to education act that will raise the enrollment ratio in school which leads to improvement in education.