Question- What are the main causes of inequality of educational opportunities in India ? 

Ans.

The equalization of educational opportunities is essentially linked with the equality notions in the social system. The social system which intends to provide equal opportunities for the advancement of all has to make provisions for equal educational opportunities also.

Inequalities of educational opportunities arise due to :

(1) Poverty as the poor cannot afford to meet the expenses of education. There is a wide gap between the opportunities avail by a son of high class family to a boy who belongs to lower stata of society.

(2) Children studying in the rural schools have to compete with the children in urban areas where there are well-equipped schools. Therefore, the rural student find themselves behind the main scene at opportunities of education.

(3) In the places where no primary, secondary or collegiate educational institutions exist children do not get the same opportunity as those who have all these in their neighborhood.

(4) Wide inequalities also arise from differences in home environments. A child from a rural household or slum does not have the same opportunity as a child from an upper class home with educated parents.

(5) The gender discrimination also means inequality of educational opportunities in India. There is wide sex disparity in India. Here girl’s education in not given the same encouragement as boys.

(6) Education of backward classes including SC and ST and economically backward sections is not at par with that of other communities or classes.

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