A Study of Enrolment, Retention and Achievement of children studying in Primary School of Balaghat District

Abstract

Education, In one sence or another, appears to be as old as the human race, though In course of time its meaning objective have ccrnin changes. The Word" Education' is derived from the latin word' Educarum' : which means to extract out. The root meaning of education is given as bringing up or loading out the inherent potentialities in a pupil. such a view of education will include all of life's experiences." Education is often regarded as synaymous with learning, as the acquired experience of sort intellectual emotional or sensorymotor. The aim of education has varied from race to race and generation to generation but the main point of emphasis has always been on the mental and physical growth of the children." In ancient period opportunity for education was limited to a selecated class of society and too that only to boys. The teacher was the main authority to decide what to teach & how to teach the children. He decided this on the basis of his own Knowledge & skills prevailing the social values & religion.