Parent’s concern about low level learning outcome in government elementary school in adopted villages of Central University of Haryana, Mohindergarh district

Pages: 1851-1855
Poonam Kumari and Dinesh Chahal (Department of Education, Central University of Haryana, Jant-Pali, Mahendragarh, Haryana)

Right to education is globally recognized as a fundamental human right adopted by the UN General Assembly on 10 December 1948 and this right came in to effect in India, 1st April, 2010. This study explores the problem of low level learning outcome in government elementary school. The research was conducted in six adopted villages (Jant, Dholi, Bhurjat, Malra, Lawan, & Pali) by Central University of Haryana in Mahendergarh district. Descriptive survey method was used consist a sample of 60 parents selected by purposive sampling and ten parents were selected from each village. Information was collected by Self developed interview schedule. The study found that 47%are illiterate, 78% of parents have Lack of awareness towards their child’s education,73% Parents haven’t interest to knowing about their child’s learning progress or don’t like to visit school for any other purposes,70% Parents complain about Remaining vacant period (children tells to parents about Remaining vacant period), 12% Children do not attend school,100%, i.e., All Parents say that PTA meeting not organised in Govt. School since 2 years or there is no information of PTA meeting, 52% Parents tells that there is no good teaching in government school,78% Parents tells that teachers do not give or check homework regularly,58% Parents tells that Teachers remain absent, one or two periods daily vacant. In the Government elementary school there is a need of great leader/ principal/Headmaster to control, to manage or to running a govt. elementary school in a proper way and needs to be maintained with healthy teaching-learning environment so that students find it to be an inviting environment to coming every day to learn.