GS4 · UPSC Mains
You are posted as a District Education Officer (DEO) in a Maoist affected district. You have been specifically given the responsibility to work on the literacy mission. After reading the education reports and doing field visits, you find that the number of out of school children has increased drastically and the motivation among students and teachers is also low. While certain basic infrastructure is already in place, the major hurdle in attracting students to these schools include the attitude of inhabitants towards education and the security risks involved in sending children to schools. Given the situation, answer the following questions: (a) Analyse the reasons behind such an attitude. (b) As a DEO, what are the steps that you would take in order to increase the school attendance and change the prevalent attitude of inhabitants towards education?
GS4 · Case studies on the above issues GS4 · Attitude — content, structure, function; influence & relation with thought & behaviour; moral & political attitudes; social influence & persuasion
| Topper | Rank | Source | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashima Mittal | — | VisionIAS | p.49 |
| Atirag Chaplot | — | VisionIAS | p.49 |
| Fatima | — | VisionIAS | p.47 |
| Shivani Goyal | — | VisionIAS | p.49 |
| Ketan Garg | — | VisionIAS | p.49 |
| Sangh Priy | — | VisionIAS | p.49 |
| Vikramaditya Malik | — | VisionIAS | p.49 |
| Sameer Saurabh | — | VisionIAS | p.49 |
| Mukul Jamloki | — | VisionIAS | p.49 |
| Sagar Kumar | — | VisionIAS | p.49 |
| Abhishek Saraf | — | VisionIAS | p.49 |
| Junaid Ahmad | — | Vision | p.49 |
| Keerthi Vasan V | — | Vision | p.49 |