Roots of Truants of Girl Students in Government Primary Schools of Rajasthan (A Case Study of District Kota)
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Government primary schools, Kota, Rajasthan, India, Girls students, Absenteeism.सार
The core aims of the present research study were to study the factors affecting the
educational development of the girl students and the scale of absentees of girls at primary
level in the Government schools of District Kota, Rajasthan. This research was based on both
primary and secondary data. The interview schedules were constructed for collecting data.
The primary data was collected from teachers, parents, out of schoolgirls, administrators and
focus groups. The secondary data was collected from government agencies, civil society
organizations, existing research studies, newspapers, magazines and reports. The data was
collected through random sampling method. Here some of the major reasons of girls’
absenteeism at primary school level in rural areas of Kota:
1. Unfavourable attitude of parents. 2. Involvement of girl children in domestic activities. 3.
Poverty of parents. 4. Gender discrimination. 5. Early marriage and pregnancy. 6. Violence
against girls in schools. 7. Funding. 8. Child-domestic labour. 9. Lack of government
schools. 10. Lack of encouragement.
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