Rural and urban school

1. DR. PRITI SONAR,
EDUCATIONALIST, AUTHOR, TRAINER, WRITER,
MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS- M.A., M.COM, M.ED., NET ( EDUCATION), NET (COMMERCE), DSM, CCG,
CCVE, PH.D., MBA (PURSUING)
EXPERIENCE- 14+ YEARS OF TEACHING EXPERIENCE, 7+ YEARS OF ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE.
 SPECIALACHIEVEMENT- EX- BOS (BOARD OF STUDIES) MEMBER OF S.N.D.T WOMEN’S UNIVERSITY

2. 2.3 INEQUALITY IN SCHOOLING-
RURAL AND URBAN SCHOOL

3. 2.3 INEQUALITY IN SCHOOLING-
RURAL AND URBAN SCHOOL
• Children are the future of our nation.
• School is the first formal institution to train and shape the children.
• School whether rural or urban has immense responsibility to provide quality
education to students.

4. EDUCATION – A VITAL ELEMENT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF
A SOCIETY
• The importance of improving the literacy rate in a region cannot be stressed enough,
as education plays an essential role in both enhancing an individual’s livelihood and
collectively boost the growth of the society where the highest percentage of literacy is
obtained.
• A well-supported, easily accessible education system is an efficient means to make
people economically stable, enabling active participation in a country’s economic
prosperity and cultural development. As a matter of fact, the success of a nation rests
(to a large extent) in its ability to sharpen the skills and talents of its ever-growing
population, especially when it mostly comprises of youths.

5. EDUCATION IN URBAN AND RURAL AREAS
• Several educational researchers across the globe have examined the contrast between rural and urban life
scenarios. These studies also point out an academic edge that urban students have over their rural counterparts.
• They have revealed that urban students often secure better grades than those students from rural regions. The
factors that affect performance among rural students are lack of resources and limited opportunities available to
them. On the other hand, the outstanding performance of urban students can be associated with better academic
infrastructure and access to a wider range of information available across digital platforms.
• Several challenges such as poor road connectivity, power shortage, poor internet connectivity, etc. in rural areas of
India have amounted to students lagging behind, and are left with limited exposure from the world outside, hurting
their knowledge on current affairs as well.

6. ADDRESSING THE EDUCATION GAPS BETWEEN RURAL
AND URBAN AREAS
• The difference between urban and rural students are not in terms of intellect, but
due to their surrounding environment, learning ability, availability of
infrastructure, skills, and access to different facilities.
• Considering these factors, the curriculum for rural students must be curated. But
it is also equally important to ensure that students are taught in a manner that is
easily comprehensible in their given capacity.

7. ACCESS AND QUALITY OF EDUCATION MUST GO HAND IN
HAND
• Quality of education rests upon its infrastructural facilities such as classrooms, water
and sanitation facilities, availability of electricity, provision for digital learning, sports
equipment and facilities, availability of chairs and desks, access to books and learning
materials, among others.
• Maintaining infrastructure- smart classroom
• Quality of teaching and teachers
• Digital aid
“Quality without access will lead to inequality and exclusion; access without quality will
limit the potential and would not bring [about] the desired results,” – Matthew Opoku
Prempeh

8. MY OPINION
• It hardly matters where the school is located, what matters is if teachers has
ignited that spark in the child to become the best version of himself/ herself.
• what matters is that if the child is intrinsically motivated to do something in his
life.
• Let us see a case study of one such boy who has no access to sufficient resources
but became the role model of all of us.

9. CASE STUDY
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-j86_uUdI1w