Global Advanced Research Journal of Educational Research and Reviews (GARJERR) ISSN: 2315-5132

July 2015, 4(7): pp. 105-113

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Review

Development of Elementary Education in Kashmir-A case study of District Shopian, J&K

Maroof Maqbool and Dixit VK

Maroof Maqbool, Research Scholar, Department of Adult, Continuing Education and Extension, University of Delhi, Delhi 110007.

Prof. V.K.Dixit , Department of Adult, Continuing Education and Extension, University of Delhi, Delhi 110007.

Corresponding author Email: showkat80ahmad@gmail.com

Accepted 14 July 2015

Abstract

Primary education is the basic pillar of the whole education system. Formal, non-formal, technical, professional and academic etc rest on this foundation. It works as a backbone of the whole edifice on which the educational structure and system is based. In the present paper, an attempt has been made to study the overall conditions and the pace of development in elementary education in Shopian district of Kashmir from the year 2007 as the administrative unit of Shopian district came into existence that year. The researcher has used the primary sources with thoughtful insights from secondary works to make it an in-depth study. The paper studies both the public and private institutions of elementary education. The investigator showed the lower and upper primary system of education and their developmental process separately and makes a comparison among them in addition to the comparison between public and private institutions.

Keywords: Elementary Education, Primary Education, Shopian, India