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VOL. 2, ISSUE 1 (2026)
Changing scenario in education of rural youths in India: Possible pathways
Authors
Dr. Avay Kumar Parida
Abstract
As we all know that youth are the future of any nation and education is
key for youth to shape their future especially a developing country like India.
So, government of India has continuously making its policies and programmes to
improve the educational level of youth particularly in rural areas. Focus has
made on to increase attending educational institute, Literacy rate & level
of education and technical education among rural youths. So, the objectives of
this paper are to understand the
change in education of rural youths in India and to find out the possible
determinants for change in education of rural youths. Research Questions are;
how much change is found in education of youths in rural India in terms of
literacy rate, attending educational institute and in technical education? and
what are the factors responsible for change in education among rural youths in
India? This research paper is based on secondary data. To explore the change in
education, data of 38th round (1983) and 68th round (2011-12) from National
Sample Survey Organization (NSSO) of India are used. Percent change is computed
to find out the over-time change in education of rural youths and multiple
regression model is used to find out the possible determinants of change in
education. By analysing the data, it is found that education of rural youths
has definitely improved over the time period and the household economic status and
education of household head are found to have greater impact on changing
scenario of education of rural youth.
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Pages:40-45
How to cite this article:
Dr. Avay Kumar Parida "Changing scenario in education of rural youths in India: Possible pathways". International Journal of Research in All Subject, Vol 2, Issue 1, 2026, Pages 40-45
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