Regional and Socioeconomic Inequalities in Access to Pre-Primary Education in India: Evidence from a Recent Household Survey

Autor/inn/en	Choudhury, Pradeep Kumar; Joshi, Radhika; Kumar, Amit
Titel	Regional and Socioeconomic Inequalities in Access to Pre-Primary Education in India: Evidence from a Recent Household Survey
Quelle	In: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy, 17 (2023), Artikel 13 (25 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Choudhury, Pradeep Kumar)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1976-5681
DOI	10.1186/s40723-023-00117-4
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Preschool Education; Family Income; Family Financial Resources; Educational Attainment; Socioeconomic Status; Rural Urban Differences; Heads of Households; Sex Fairness; Disadvantaged; India + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Pre-school education; Vorschulerziehung; Familieneinkommen; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Stadt-Land-Beziehung; Sexualaufklärung; Indien
Abstract	In India, the National Education Policy 2020 recommends ensuring universal access to high-quality early childhood care and education for children aged 3-6 years by 2030. Using the 75th round of National Statistical Office data (2017-2018), this paper analyses the regional and socioeconomic inequalities in access to pre-primary education. Also, we investigate the specific role of households' economic status and educational attainment in explaining these inequalities. We find considerable regional (rural/urban) and socioeconomic inequalities in access to pre-primary education in India, with girls and children belonging to historically disadvantaged social groups (scheduled castes and scheduled tribes) less likely to attend early childhood education, particularly in rural areas. We find that a substantial portion of the rural-urban gap in access to pre-primary education can be removed by controls for households' economic condition and household head's educational status. In addition, we find gender and socioeconomic inequalities in the household investment in early years education. These findings highlight the need to put policy efforts and commitments to reducing barriers to accessing pre-primary education for children in disadvantaged conditions in India. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01