The abysmal learning achievement levels in India’s primary schools constitute the greatest governance challenge before state governments and education administrators. If India has to reap the demographic dividend, it must provide quality of education to its children. This was the spirit behind the Right to Education Act. It is also a major concern of the draft new education policy. If the current trend of learning levels continues, India’s young boys and girls will not be able to participate in the process of economic growth. Inequalities in society will widen as children of elite urban schools are getting a far better
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