A STUDY ON GIRL‘S RIGHT TO EDUCATION IN THE SLUMS OF GUWAHATI CITY WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO PUNJABI PATTY AND TELEGU COLONY

Amit Kumar Roychoudhury; Gayatree Goswamee

Volume : VII, Issue : III, March - 2018

A STUDY ON GIRL‘S RIGHT TO EDUCATION IN THE SLUMS OF GUWAHATI CITY WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO PUNJABI PATTY AND TELEGU COLONY

Amit Kumar Roychoudhury, Gayatree Goswamee

Abstract :

Education has been considered as the birth right of each and every child of our country. It also includes within its fold the slum children of the country in respect of educating them.

The present study was aimed at to study the awareness of right to education among the slum girl and factors that hamper girl education. The present study was delimited to girl children and their parents in Punjabi and Telegu colony slum of Guwahati city. A sample of 100 girls and 100 parents were interviewed through self structured interview schedule. The study reveals that only 18% of children know about the right to education .further 37% favours education of the girl child. The primary factors responsible for hindrance of girl education were early marriage, indifferent attitude toward girl education and economics difficulties.