Quality of Education: Assessing the Status of Government Schools in Odisha

School Education

Quality education encompasses all-round development of a child such as emotional, mental, physical, moral values and cognitive development. The goals of quality education go beyond basic access and incorporate the complex socio-cultural, health and wellbeing as well as orientation and aspirations of the learners. The government has implemented several educational development schemes to improve the access and quality since independence. Though India has done reasonably well in terms of access to school education but the quality of education is far from satisfactory. Odisha being one of the least urbanised states, a sizable section of children from rural and semi-urban areas are attending schools which lack basic facilities such as school buildings, toilets, drinking water, and insufficient and untrained staff and thousands of children were still out of school. Due to lack of resources, educational facilities and social capital the marginalised sections remain deprived of quality education. Given the importance of education in enhancing one’s quality of life, it is imperative to focus on inclusive and quality education, which is one of the objectives of Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4). The purpose of this study is to look at the state of quality education provided by the public school system in Odisha. It also examines and outlines the means to improve quality in education.

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