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Parallel Education System: A Micro-Level Study of Murshidabad District, West Bengal, India

Author Affiliations

  • 1Raghunathganj High School, Raghunathganj, Murshidabad, West Bengal, INDIA

Int. Res. J. Social Sci., Volume 2, Issue (1), Pages 14-17, January,14 (2013)

Abstract

Education is the basic empowerment tool for the weaker section of society. Infrastructural development of the schools is getting maximum priority under the financial assistance from different schemes. But, the quality of education in the different Govt. aided schools is degraded. As a result of this the parallel education system likeprivate schools and private tuitions are getting priority in the society of West Bengal. This parallel system is trying to collapse the school education system. The present research article brings the ground truth reality about the emergence of the parallel education system from the point of view of Murshidabad district in West Bengal.

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