Household Dynamics and Children's Education in Rural Gujarat: The Working Of The Right To Education Act, 2009.

Abstract

his dissertation study explores the role of household dynamics in decisions made regarding education of children. This study based in rural Gujarat focuses on the extent to which educational trajectories of children are affected by parental identities and their livelihood contexts. The study influenced by ethnographic methods explores the intricacies of social relationships in these rural communities across various social identities and how it influences their participation in the schooling as well as socialisation of the child. It also makes an effort to understand the life of the child inside and outside the classroom. Through this exploration it is able to uncover the limitations of the Right to Education which now enters its tenth year since enactment. Responsive policy measures are recommended at the end of the study.