Neighbouring Government Primary Schools in their Death Bed: A Case Analysis of Government Primary Schools in Bong Busty, Kalimpong District

Education is one of the basic human rights and throughout ages the state has taken the responsibility to educate all its citizens. It also acts as an instrument for economic mobility in the society. Primary education being the preliminary stage is of utmost important in shaping a child into noble and educated citizen. However, at present time, the responsibility of providing education is shared between both public-private players. As the needs of the society changes, systems too need to be adjusted and expanded to meet the needs of the growing population with limited economic resources the government schools are continuously overburdened and are struggling to meet the expectations and needs of the society which compromises the objective of the education. This paper presents concise report on the government’s primary education system in a village of Bong Busty located in Kalimpong district of West Bengal. Summarily, it attempts to contextualize the macro level problem faced by Government Primary education system across the country, to identify the loopholes in the existing educational structure so that measures can be taken by administrators and policy makers to overcome the state of crisis in government aided primary schools.