Abstract

Slums are a universal phenomenon and exist in almost all cities across the world. The under privileged children residing in the slums are deprived of various basic amenities that the non-slum children in general do enjoy so they need special attention. As per 2011 Census report in India roughly 1.37 crore households or 17.4% of urban households lived in slums. Education plays a pivotal role in laying a proper foundation for the over-all socio-economic development of any region. Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009 provides children the right to free and compulsory admission, attendance and completion of elementary education. This study tries to explore the impact of living condition, home and surrounding environment, parental education, school condition on elementary education of slum children in Jamia Nagar Locality of 6-14 years age group. Convenient sampling technique was adopted. Data were collected from 40 parents in all: 20 parents of non-enrolled children and 20 parents of dropout children through a socio-economic status schedule and interview schedule. Qualitative analysis was done. It was found that migration, health, nature of occupation of the family, mother’s level of education, per-capita income of the family, living condition, home and surrounding environment, school infra-structure has a positive impact on child’s education.

Key Words: Non-Enrolment, Drop-Out, Slum Children