"Policies and Practices of schooling: Socio Economic Factors of School Choice and Its Linkage to Distance Travelled and Baggage Carried to School by V class children

Abstract

In contemporary society, education plays a very important role in individual's life and nation building. It develops skills, imparts knowledge and implants values to individuals. By doing so it nurtures human resources for development of the nation. Education plays a very vital role in shaping an individual. It helps one to earn recognition and respect in society as well as self realization. It is only the way for child to convert information in to knowledge. It creats mankind. It develops the value of judgement in child. It is the form of learning. School education is the building block of childs future. Primary school years are an important phase of child's education. In these years child begins to build confidence and desire to learn. Every parent wants to expose their child to a broad range of activities to discover latent talents and interests for their proper nurturance and manifestations. Therefore, Education,in the form of schooling, in the modem world is primarily considered as an opportunity. Realising the importanc of education in both individual development and social transformation, constitutional framers made education compulsory for all the chidren and made equal opportunities a right of every individual.